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HERE'S one thing I’m de
■ termined upon,” said Mrs.
Jones emphatically. “Mary
is going to have all the
_ advantages possible. Now,
1 never 'haS<snything but just a common
school educakkm, but Mary will be dif
ferent.. -She cab play the piano quite
well for a -girl of her age, though I do
have hard work to snake her practice.
This is her second year in drawing, and
l have French and German teachers
cotne here twice a week. I’d like aw
fully to haw her play the violin, too,
and I’m thinking of having her take
lessons next year.”
Aunt Susan Jones settled herself
back a trifle farther In her easy chair
and recked vigorously. “Hin-m!” she
A QIKIi TOO GOOD TO WASH DISHES.
remarked. There was silence for a' few
moments, interrupted by the sound of
the scale of A minor, which floated out
aolefully from the parlor where Mary
sat practicing. A succession of flats
placed where they shouldTiot have been
caused Aunt Susan to change her po
sition with a slight shiver and resume
the conversation.
“What does she intend to do with all
those accomplishments—teach?’ she
queried sharply.
Mrs. Jones straightened herself up.
"Teach."’ she exclaimed. “The idea!
So. of course not I guess her father
ind I are able to do for her as long as
we live without her having to go to
work.”
But Aunt Susan was relentless. “Can
she eooii? Can she housekeep? Can
she make her own clothes?” she quer
ied. “Can she do anything useful?”
Mrs. Joaes flushed. “She needn’t
marry a poor man,” she retorted. “When
Bhe gets the right age. her father and
I are thinking of sending her to one of
those fashionable seashore places,
where she’ll have a chance to meet the
right sort of man, who can give her the
sort of home she ought to have.”
“The sort of home she ought to
havei” Aunt Susan looked around her
»t the spotless kitchen, with its sunny
windows tilled with flowers; at the
rooms beyond, simply furnished, but
comfortable and In good taste; at the
lawn outside, green and well kept, with
Its shade trees and pretty flower bed.
She knew only too well what an ex
penditure of labor and what painstak
ing economy made the little home thus
attractive, yet it was not good enough
for the spoiled child in the parlor.
"Do you realize”—Aunt Susan spoke
nut loud now, and her voice was very
pare—"that If your plans fall, If Mary
loses her health or her looks. If her fa
ther should die—In a word, if she
should be thrown upon ber own re
sources—there isn’t a thing she could
flo to support herself, and consequent
ly. owing to your present extravagant
Ideas, she may absolutely come to
want? Do you know,” she pursued,
Dot heeding the other’s look of horror,
“I think parents are the greatest hin
drances to their children's develop
ment. The children are cosseted and
petted and kept from harm, and then
suddenly an accident of fate thrusts
them, helpless and weak as blind kit
tens, out lpto the cruel world to make
their own way for themselves. It Is
rare indeed that you see parents trying
to form their children's eliaracter so
that they tuaysucceed In life.
“Then at a consequence the majority
If boy* and girls acquire real manhood
«nd -womanhood through hard and bit
ter experience with an unfeeling world,
rod It 1* not surprising how many are
ranquiatjed by the ordeal. If the moth
ir wfep dares because she thinks her
laughter too good to wash dishes could
realize the weight of future suffering
the la caWng down upon that daugh
ter by making ber selfish and helpless!
If the mother and sister who scrimp
rod itarveln order that the boy of the
family may have fine clothes and go
through college like a gentleman could
ippreciateVtlotv they are destroying
kit raanhobd and making him weak
rod InefEoient^ But they are blind and
roly realize the wrong they have done
the child when St is too late.”
Reason Worth Thinking Ahont
A little gir! from a crowded tenement
louse was delightedly telling a friend In
the College Settlement about he* new
teacher.
"She’s lust a perfect lady, that’s what
I6e Is,” said the child.
"Huh! Hew do you know she's a perfect
lady?” questioned her friend. "STou’ve
mown ber only two days,”
"It’3 easy enough tellms,” was the in
Ilgnant answer. "I know she’s a perfect
ady because sbe makes me feel polite ail
die time ”
THE CURIOUS WOMAN.
Very Little That Oceiir# Escapes Hei
In This World.
Of all the despicable creatures she is
the chief.
There is no getting away from her.
She is the woman who unblushiugly
asks your age, your private affairs,
your family secrets, and who will never
rest until she acquires the desired in
formation. No snub is pointed enough
for her. If you prove reticent, she will
put her questions to you in such a way
that if you open your mouth you com
mit youself. She is narrow and petty
of mind, with no object in life as a
rule.
If she did have one, there would not
be so much time at her disposal to
bother about your affairs.
When she doesn’t quite dare to ask
you questions, the curious woman gets
THE CURIOUS WOMAN WATCHES YOU FROM
BEHIND HER LACE CURTAINS.
her information in other ways. She
will watch your movements and those
of her other neighbors from behind the
shelter of her lace curtains. She will
not hesitate to bribe your maid or even
question your milkman. She Is an even
greater mine of information than the
woman who asks questions outright,
for she observes. If a newcomer moves
into a house on her street, she can tell
you Just how old the furniture Is and,
judging from that. Just how much mon
ey she thinks the people are worth.
She knows all the love affairs of the
neighborhood, just how late the gas
was kept burning In the Smiths’ front
parlor the night before and at what
hour that gay little widow across the
street came back from the opera. More
than that, she even watches her neigh
bors wash and makes comments on it
as it swings flapping in the breeze.
If the curious woman kept her infor
mation to herself, there would be no
harm done, but she never lacks for
friends of her own kind. Where there
is one curious woman you will find sev
eral. They hobnob together, retailing
their news and comparing notes. Ev
ery village has at least one hotbed of
gossip of this sort; every town has
several. No person is safe from their
attacks. They ruin the reputation of
both old and young. More than one
happy marriage has been prevented by
their chatter, more than one home bro
ken up.
Altogether, when you come to think
of it, the curious woman is f . about
the bane of her sez.
HOW TO BUY. _ ?
Frenchwomen Dress Better Than
Americans on Lees Money.
I have a young friend who is teacher
of domestic economy in one of the in
dustrial schools, and I am not too old
to want to learn what she has to teach.
Among other things, she says that no
one should make u purchase of any ar
ticle until she has mentally gone over
the subject in all its phases and stud
ied the question from all sides, so that
she may know just what she wants,
its relation to whatever else she has
on hand and what else she expects to
need or get. This is true not only in
regard to food products, but to her
garments and their materials. She
tells us that the reason Frenchwomen
can dress so much better and more
tastefully than the most of us do ou
even a less amount of money is be
cause they study the matter from the
standpoint of true economy. They
know to a fraction what a thing is
worth intrinsically, and they are not
carried away with every uovelty, foi
they know that the most of what is
called uovelty gobds is made to catch
the eye and has not the enduring qua!
ities which make a piece of standard
goods worth more than the difference
in price. The Frenchwoman buys not
for the present, but with a clear under
standing of the future.
Three Woateii Clievalier..
Throe -women painters in France
have been made chevaliers of the Lo
gioif- of Honor. The first was Rosa
Boobcur, who obtained the decoration
through Empress Eugenic; the second
was Mme. Demont-Breton; the lust ont
is Mile. Marie Breslau, who won a gold
medal at the 1900 exposition.
A Woman Pooh Bah,
Mrs. A. J. Harris of Falrpcrt, O., it
a woman of business. She Is a freight
agent, local manager of a telegraph of
flee and of the mlopbone exchange and
collector of c;tsti on.
Iuvnlt Over a Mummy.
An amusing case was opened before Mr. !
Justice Darling yesterday, says the West
minster “Gazette.” It is concerned with
the mummy of an Inca princess 400 years
old. Mrs. Aitken, an ardent traveler, se
cured the mummy, whieh she shipped to a
monastic establishment in Belgium While
crossing England, on the London aid
Northwestern system, the buy containing
the remains went astray. It wus opened
at the Sun Street Station by a terrified of
ficial. wiio handed It over to Dr. Wynn
Westcott. and the cqroner forthwith held
an Inquest on the sun-shriveled corpse.
Finally the body in a damaged condition
reached Belgium, where the police ordered
It to receive detent sepulchre. Mrs. Ac
ker, wants damage* from the railway
company.
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nUAVE scanned carefully the pro
visions of the great and generous
will of Cecil Rhodes so far as
U these relate to the United States.
Giving $10,000,000, a third of a
man’s whole fortune, toward univer
sity scholarships for youths of another
country Is something the like of which
It is safe to say has not before occur
red since the world began. Mr. Rhodes
has mentioned that two persons from
every state and territory in the Union
shall be admitted annually by com
petitive examination as students at Ox
ford, "in whose glories,” writes the ef
fusive Mr. W. T. Stead, “the American
descendants of the founders will share
equally with those who still Inhabit the
old country.” The will especially men
tions that there shall be no race or re
ligious discrimination in the awarding
of these scholarships. Thus a raw fish
eating Eskimo of Alaska or a New
Mexican greaser can share the benefits
of this generous will if he can pass ex
amination-all, everybody but a wom
an, no matter though sba have “Lord
Christ’s heart and Shakespeare's
brain.” These scholarships are every
one In Oxford university, where Cecil
Rhodes himself was graduated, and
the “glories of Oxford” lack yet their
brightest shining, for that university
(Joes not admit women students. So,
while he believed himself to be doing
a generous thing, while all the world
blazons his broad mindedness and
world patriotism, Cecil Rhodes has ac
tually discriminated against half the
human race in this will. It Is with In
finite sadness 1 read the provisions of
the will. Of course Rhodes never
thought of this feature of the case
when he drew the testament, never
thought of women, though he owed so
much to one woman especially. Flora
Shaw, colonial editor of the London
Times, was the individual who under
stood Rhodes’ enterprises and created
British public sentiment in favor of
them.
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A woman may learn how to be happy
though married, also how to be happy
though single, simply by training her
self to do the best she can with mat
ters that are in her power and not fret
ting concerning matters that are out
of her power. If married and her hus
band is too mean to live with, then let
her leave him and go it alone cheerful
ly. If hopelessly single, let her re
member that of the married women
whom she knows at least a third wish
they were single or were married to
somebody else, and let ber, too, go it
alone cheerfully. There is a lot of fun
to be got out of life wherever you are
If you determine that you will have it.
«t «?
Mrs. Margaret Daly is owner and
manager of the First National bank of
Liutte. Mon. One of ber first tasks on
assuming ownership was to pay $70,
C00 which the former cashier had em
bezzled. It is high time women were
becoming bank officials. There has
never yet beeD a woman bank embez
zler.
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Foot binding is to be done away with
in China, but the equally barbarous
custom of waist binding still prevails
without any sign of letting up in civi
lized countries.
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The members of the Society of the
Sous of the Revolution of New York
City are at oats—worst of all, too, over
a question of fashion. They have a
building site for a house for the organ
ization. but it is in a thoroughly un
fashionable locality, and some of the
high toned Sons vow they won't have
the headquarters there. It Is only wo
men's clubs that quarrel. Is it?
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One cna hope for and confidently ei
pect any reform to be realized since
tbe barbarous Chluose custom of foot
binding is to be abolished. China was
the last possible country in which thr
new woman was to be looked for. yet
here she bobs up serenely In the form
of the dowager empress herself, who
declares that foot binding is “an in
jury to tbe good order of creation.’'
In an imperial edict ofacials through
out the empire are directed to use all
moral suasion possible to abolish foot
mutilation.
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Miss Wilkinson, landscape gardener
of the London Public Garden associa
tion, has done noble work in establish
ing tiny parks in the crowded parts of
that city. Gardening in all its branch
es, vegetable, doral and landscape, is
an occupation in which women are re
markably successful.
Don’t rave about tbe world’s evils.
Instruct the world to do and be better
and begin on yourself.
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Mrs. Lllllo Devereuz Blalrc is a wo
man who does things. Through a suit
brought by a woman to recover dam
ages for injuries Mrs. Blake found
that under Now York law a woman
was the servant of her husband and
not even entitled to her own eurnlugs.
Thereupon Mrs. Blake had an act
drafted and laid before tbe New York
legislature giving a married woman
who works for wages entire control
over such wages. The act was passed
and is now law. Let us hope those
who receive the benefit of It will be
crateful to Mrs. Blak »
Mo s’cal Locomotive WV*t1e»i
The Belgian railway authorities, says
the "Independanae Beige," are desirous
of minimizing the effect which the ear
splitting screech of the locomotive pro
duces upon the nervous systems of pas
sengers. The engines are to be furnished
with whistles producing two tones, and
Softer in effect than the ordinary signal,
the former to be used In railway stations
or when the train is passing platforms
crowded with passengers.
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j THE "HEAVENLY” HAT.
j Ana Ollier Jiew Creations In Milli
nery For Sliliau Wear.
Flowers are blooming this spring in
good earnest on all the hats, and some
even have the bud, blossom and ripe
fruit on the same heavenly creation
One hat shown me yesterday and call
ed “heavenly” had the bod.f#jf very
coarse white straw, '^h a band of
black velvet ribbon around the crown,
and this ended in the back with no end
of loops of the same ribbon. Under the
brim at the left side was n bunch of
pink roses without foliuge, and on the
top was n branch of currant bush with
tiny white blossoms and small green
fruit and then a lot more In all stages
of ripeness. I mention this particular
ly beeauee it Is a type of the curious
admixture of fruit and bloom to be
found on so many hats.
Hats made of coarse straw are often
so covered with foliage that very little
is left to the imagination as regards
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NEW HATS FOB SPEINO.
the foundation, for it is all hidden.
One hat with a wide brim had the
whole under part faced with green
leaves, shaded to russet brown in some
cases, and the crown was trimmed
with a feather made of black tulle.
And it was held in place by a big round
pearl eabochon. These are very fash
ionable just now. and they are applied
to almost all millinery, black, white or
of mixed colors. The size of these flat,
round affairs is generally about that of
a trade dollar, and they are raised in
the center.
Quite pretty hats are made by plait
ing in double box folds horsehair and
straw braid, generally all black, but
sometimes in a mixture of subdued
colors. In fact, all hats really should
have the foundation black, white or
else very dark in color and depend on
the trimming for the coloring. This
style in one instance had an immense
satin rose on the top of the crown and
black velvet ribbon half an inch wide
tied in many loops around the stems of
the roses and buds and left hanging
down in the back. This fashion of
haring things hanging down in the
back is almost general. One hat had
a wreath of pink, very pink, roses
around the edge of the brim, leaving a
roll of cardinal velvet to be twisted in
with white point d’esprit lace. The
lace extended all around the crown and
spread down, nearly covering the flow
ers. It was also made Into a tab at
the back, and down the center of this
the red velvet was extended. It reach
ed nearly to the neck. Many others
have lace arranged in a sort of jabot
to hang down over the hair in the back.
A pretty bonnet, for such as prefer
bonnets for church aud other semidress
occasions, is of black aud white horse
hair braid, made with a bell crown.
The front is trimmed with black tulle
and fine black spangles made into close
bows. Directly In front Is a large
round pearl eabochon, aud two others
are placed at the back to hold the
strings. The strings are of the tulle,
and quite an innovation is seen in the
strings, which are gathered at the sides
to leave the hair tree, generally the
strings covered the hair at the sides,
and that does not always suit iny lady.
Plaid in millinery is not often seen,
but this season has given us some hats
of plaided straw and some where the
hat itself is of plaid material trimmed
with plain goods, such as chiffon, mull
or malinos, which is but another name
for tulle. One shown in the illustration
has the hat of plaid braid and the trim
ming of black tulle. It is a most be
coming hat for a young woman.
Another hat much liked by the young
is the pretty white straw, with no trim
ming save a band of white ribbon
around the crown. Ilats intended for
warm weather and particularly for
golfing have swestbauds In the in
side, like men’s wear. Some of these
have the straws slightly colored, which
gives them a delicately iridescent ef
fect. The only ornamentation permis
sible is the fancy hatpin.
In short, the spring and summer hats
are complex affairs in design, trimming
and shape. Some are short sailor as to
the back and on tbe front anything
that happens to come forth from the
hands of the maker. Tricorue is u fa
vortte. and when properly trimmed It
can even he worn by quite elderly la
dies without calling forth the reserves
of the police force.
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:Ko Interest in Ailments.
Of coarse It happened in Chicago, where
the general breesiness of the West is
shared by the waiters in the restaurants,
i A gentieman prominent In judicial clr
| cles had entered ail eating house, and was
| immediately-approached by one of these
knights of the napkin, who remarked
cheerily:
"1 have deviled kidneys, pigs’ feet and
calves' brains."
"Have you?" replied the jurist, coolly,
"Well, what are your ailments to me? I
cams here to eat.’’ ,
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wonder is that women
||! did not take it up long ago,
111 this fascinating, airy, fairy
Jgl occupation of glass blowing.
•" Many a time at expositions
all the world has seen neat and grace
ful women puffing from rosy lips mar
vels of pretty trifles. All the world has
admired their nimblencss and artistic
skill. Yet, womanlike, the sex never
seems to have taken up the business as
a regular wage earning employment
day by day till men suggested the idea
and built a factory and set them down
in it.
The glass blowing factory at Glenol
ilc-u, near Philadelphia, is probably the
only one in which the operatives are
women, and even here a man is over
them to teach aud superintend them.
Concerning his girl workmen this su
perintendent said to a reporter of The
North American:
“I’ve been in this business from boy
hood up, and I know what I am talk
ing about when I say that no men can
turn out such good work as these girls
do. Glass blowers would be astonished
if they looked in on this factory. The
girls are mlinitely more careful and
painstaking than men have ever
thought of being, and they are achiev
ing results never before known to the
trade.”
Since the ice—the glass, rather—is
thus broken at Glenolden probably
there will quickly be other factories
of glass working women.
There are two reasons why the Glen
olden girls are so successful. One is
that women's fingerG are more deli
cate and nimble than men’s, and the
feminine eye is usually quicker than
the masculine. Another reason is one
special to the present case. The young
women in this factory are persons of
unusual intelligence—would be so any
where. They belong to respectable
families in the neighborhood, and some
of them are high school graduates.
They are paid by tbe piece, tbe swift
est operatives receiving as much as
$12 a week, the slowest no more than
$4, but even the lowest figure consti
tutes a fair income in a country vil
lage.
The girls are employed by a firm of
manufacturing chemists who make
their own vials and tubing. The work
is of the finest and most delicate kind
known to the trade, and perhaps that
is why the women do so well at it.
The occupation is a healthful one. A
good pair of lungs Is essential because
of the blowing. It is certain that tight
lacing does not “go” in that factory.
The young women find the constant
blowing expands their chests after a
time.
Light cotton wash dresses are the
prettiest of all, and the girl glass blow
PRETTY GLASS BLOWER AT WORK,
ors wear a uniform of blue and white
seersucker gowns and white aprons,
immaculately clean. They are a pleas
ing sight as they sit at their tasks,
each upon a stool, with the white hot
gas flame burner iu front of her. Here
are two who are making the smallest i
tubing known to chemists and drug- j
gists—capillary tubing, it is called. The ;
girl at the burner holds a section of |
larger tubing in the white hot flame
till the glass is soft; then, as if the
two were pulling molasses candy, while
the girl at the burner bolds one end of
the soft tube another girl takes the
other end and walks back with it,
drawing it as sbe goes till she is at ex
actly the right distance to make it into
a capillary tube.
There another girl sits and blows
tiny glass bulbs. Upon another stool
is a young woman making medicine
vials; still another draws out tubing,
cuts it off and closes it up at one end.
It is heat, blow, manipulate, blow, |
manipulate, heat from morning till j
night, but the task is not so hard as j
housework or nearly so trying as j
schoolteaching. The factory is built j
upon a healthful and picturesque site
in the country, and the workers iu tUK
new trade for women are well treateu
and happy.
When we measure out our medicine
drop by drop from a glass tube whose
contents have been drawn from a tin;
vial, we shall know that both dropper
and vial were made, or ought to havc
been, by the hands o,' a pretty girl iu .
blue and white seersucker *tow~
BOARD OF FINANCE.
(Official Proceedings.)
Regular meeting of the Board of Fi
nance held In its rooms at the City Hall
on Wednesday, April 16, 11)02. at 3 o clock
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Present—President Ringle and Messrs.
Brock, Abernethy and Perry-4.
Absent—Mr. Limbeck—1.
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
The minutes of the regular meeting of
March 19 special meeting of March 29,
and the regular meeting of April 2, 1902,
were approved as engrossed lit the min
ute book and printed In manual form, or
motion of Ur- Brock.
PETITIONS. ETC.
The following petitions were presented,
received and referred to their appropriate
commit fees.
Petition of Anna M. ViduUch for the re
turn of $115.02, suipius, etc.
Referred to Committee on Finance.
Petition of Gilman B. Warnc ror tne
return of $92.80, duplicate payment or
taxes, year 1901, lot W, Block 1,930, Mon
ticelio avenue.
Referred to Committee on Salaries and
Claims.
A communication from Steele 6c Con
flict, explaining a bill presented by mat
firm to the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners.
Received and ordered filed.
Communication from tne Minkakwa
Club relating to the proposed construc
tion of tracks across property now form
ing part of Columbia Park and protesting
against the same.
Received and ordered filed.
CLAIMS.
The following claims were presented, re
ceived and referred to the appropriate
committees:
Jersey City News, $30, $11 and $229.16; J.
C. Democrat. $6HJ5; Evening Journal As
sociation, $229.16; Dun’s Review’. $31.56*
The Financier Co., $21; International
Bank Ae Co., $325 and $434.*5; H. A.
Lush. $70; James N. Braden, $25; Postal
Tel. Cabie Co., $5.10.
OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS.
From the Board of Education:-—
1. Resolution passed April 10, 1902, re
questing an appropriation of $25 to rav
the expenses of surveying plot on which
No. 2 School is in course of erection.
2. Requesting an appropriation of $1C0 to
be used toward defraying the expense of
making the necessary repairs to the hoo i
of School No. 20.
Referred to Committee on Finance.
From the Board of Excise Commission
ers:—
Requesting an appropriation of $J SG0, to
be used for the maintenace of the Board.
Referred to Corporation Counsel.
From the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners:—
The foliowing resolution adopted by tne
Board of Street and Water Commissioners
April 1. 1902. wras presented, received and
referred to the Committee on Concurrent
Resolutions:—
"Ordering paid certain clUms."
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMIT
TEES.
The Committee on Concurrent Resolu
tions reported recommending that the fol
lowing resolutions adopted zy the Board
of Street and Water Commissioners bo
concurred in:—
v^ruering pa.iu me iuuuwius •
March 5:—
James Entwistle. $2.70. claim No. 431.
A. E. Nolan. $10.60, claim No. 206.
A. E. Nolan. $5.60, claim No. 258.
A. E. Nolan, $6.60, claim No. 257.
•March 5:—
P. Ginnovan, $11, claim No. 75.
P. Ginnovan, $11, claim No. 79.
P. Ginnovan, $11, claim No. S4.
•March 19:—
James Entwistle, $2.70, claim No. 431.
A. E. Nolan, $10.50, claim No. 266.
A. E. Nolan, $5.60, claim No. 258.
A. E. Nolan, $6.60, claim No. 257.
April 5:—
James P. Hall, $14.25, claim No. 262.
The report was adopted and the claims
concurred in by vote of all the members
present (four in number), on the call for
the yeas and nays 'by the President.
The Committee on Salaries and Claims
reported recommending the payment of
the following claims:—
$25 to James N. Braden, indexing
records. First District Court, April. 1902,
when due.
$70 to H. A. Lush, services as assistant
to Clerk. First District Court. April, 1902,
when due.
(Charge to “Fees, District Courts,” Ac
count.)
$434.75 to International Bank Note Co.,
for furnishing from engraved steel plates
1,175 one-thousand dollar 4 per cent, re
funding water bonds.
$.>25 to International Bank Note Co., for
engraving steel plates for $1,000 4 per cent.
60 coupon refunding water bonds.
$20 to The Financier Co., for adver
tising bond sale of March 19, 1902.
$31/50 to Dun’s Review for advertising
bond sale of March 19, 1902.
(Charge to “Premium on Bonds Sold”
Account.)
$229.16 to Evening Journal Ass’n for pub
lishing minutes for April, 1902, when due.
$229.16 to J. C. News, for publishing min
utes for April, 1992. when due.
(Charge to “Publishing Minutes” Ac
count.)
$30 to J. C. News, for printing manual,
pages 20 to 34 inclusive.
$5.10 to Postal Tel-Cable Co., for mes
senger services, etc., Board of Finance,
March, 1202.
(Charge to “Claims” Account.)
The report was received and the claims
were each ordered paid by a vote of all
the members present, (four in number),
on the call for the yeas and anys by the
President.
The same committee further reported
recommending the adoption of a resolu
tion ordering paid the. salaries of the
Mayor and others for the month of April,
1902. when due, amounting to S4.S99.97.
The report was received and the salaries
were ordered paid by vote of all the mem
bers present, (four in number), on the
call for the yeas and nays by the Presi
dent.
The Committee on Printing. Stationery
and Supplies reported recommending the
payment of the following claims:—
$68.75 to J. C. Democrat, for printing
and stationery for City Collector’s office.
$11 to J. C. News, for one warrant book
for City Clerk.
(Charge to “Claims” Account.)
The reports was received and the claims
were each ordered paid by vote of all the
members present, (four in number), on
the call for the yeas and nays by the
President.
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.
The following resolutions were pre
sented, received and they ^ were
each adopted by the following vote on
the call for the yeas and nays by the
President:—
Yeas—President Ringle and Messrs.
Brock, 'Abernethy and Perry—4.
Vn vq—\nnp.
Absent—Mr. Remoeek.
Bv Mr. Perry, on beha'.f of the Com
mittee on Salaries anil Claims:—
Resolved, That a warrant be ordered
drawn on the City Treasurer in favor of
Gi.man B. Warne for $92.08 for duplicate
payment of taxes for year 1901 on Rot
W Block 1 930. Monticello avenue, paid
March 31. 1902, being duplicate of payment
made January 13. 1902. and that the City
Collector cancel the same.
By Mr. Perry, on behalf of the Com
mittee on Finance:—
Resolved. That upon the reports of the
Corporation Counsel and City Comptroller
endorsed upon the petition of Anna M.
Vidulich. a warrant be ordered drawn on
the City Treasurer in favor of Randolph
Parmlv for S1I5.02, for amount of surplus
realized upon the tax sale, under Chapter
112 of the Raws of 1SSS. and the sunple
ments thereto, made by the City Collec
tor on September 26, 1S99, on Rot 2, Block
S'*!. Zabriskie street, over and above the
sum as adjusted due the city, with inter
est. costs and disbursements.
By Mr. Perry, on behalf of the Commit
tee on Finance:—
Whereas. A certain requisition issued by
the Comptroller of Jersey City. February
1 1902, in payment of interest then due
to Etabrook & Co., on registered bond No.
719, in the sum of $80. has been lost in the
mail, and after due and proper search
cannot be found and has never been re
ceived by said Estabrook & Co., and
Whereas. The said Estabrook has pre
pared and executed a bond in the sum of
$120 to indemnify the city against any loss
in the pavment thereof ar.d which bond
is believed a sufficient security:
Resolved. That the Comptroller be au
thorized to Issue a requisition or draft
upon the Citv Treasurer for the same
amount of $60 to said Estabrook & Co.,
in payment of interest due to them Feb
ruary 1 1902, and that the bond herewith
attached be placed on file in the office
of the City Comptroller.
By Mr. Perry, on behalf of the Commlt
tee'on Finance:—
Whereas. Jersey City 7% bond No. 750,
for $1,000, registered In the name of John
Patterson, dated June 1, 1S7S. due on the
rst dav of June. 1894, has been lost or ac
cidentally destroyed, and . .
Whereas. The said John Patterson died
on the 20th day of April, 188S. dwning the
said bond, leaving his last will and testa
ment. dated April 19th. 1S8S. by which all |
the residue of his estate, of which the i
said bond formed a part, was devised to ,
hi- brother Geo. IV. Patterson, and
"Whereas. The said Geo. W. Patterson]
died in the year 1S97. and by his last will i
and testament, dated Dec. 1G, 1S97, he ap- I
pointed Andrew McDermott and John Me- ]
Mahon the executors of his said will, and j
Whereas. Al! of the above recitals will
more fully appear in the application and j
the proofs thereto annexed af Andrew Mo- ]
Dermott and John McMahon, executors, j
as aforesaid. and
Whereas. The said Andrew McDcrrpott j
and John McMahon and Eliza McDermott
and Matilda McMahon, the executors .tnd :
devisees respectively In the last will and ]
testament of Geo. W. Patterson, have .
presented to this Board a bond of in
dernnitv duly approved by Hon. Geo. R.
Record. Corporation Counsel with proper
indemnity and surottes qualifying in the
sum of *7.500: therefbre, be it
Resolved. That the City Comptroller and
City Treasurer of Jersey Citv be and they
are herebv authorized and directed to
pay the sum of $1,000, being the amount
due on the said registered bond No. <30,
to Andrew McDermott and John McMa
hon. The warrant representing said sura
of $1,000 to be delivered to Hartshorne,
Insiey Leake in full payment and dis
charge of the said Jersey City 7% regis
tered bond No. 730. due June 1. 1534. upon
filing of the said bond of indemnity in the
office of the said Comptroller of Jersey
City.
By Mr. Perry, on behalf of the Commit
tee on Finance:—
Resolved, That warrants be ordered
drawn on the City Treasurer in favor of
that officer, to be deposited to the credit
of May, 1902, interest as follows:—
On General Account. $19,903
On General Account, to pay inter
est on assessment bonds. 15.900
On Water Account. 19,033
By Mr. Perry, on behalf of the Commit
tee on Finance:—
Resolved. That a warrant be ordered
drawn on the City Treasurer in favor of
Stephen M. Egan, County Collector, for
the sum of $80,000. on account of County
taxes, year 1901-1902.
On motion of Mr. Abernethy, the Board
then adjourned.
M. F. KALAHER,
Clerk.
Special meeting of the Board of Finance
held in its rooms at the City Hall on
Thursday, April 24, lSf/2, at 5 P. M.
Present—President Ringle* and Messrs.
Brock, Abernethy and Perry—4.
Absent—Mr. Lembeck—1.
The following call for the meeting was
read by the Clerk:—
Jersey City, N. J.. April 23, 1902.
Mr. M. F. Kalaher, Clerk, Board of Fi
nance.
Dear Sir—Please Issue notices for a
special meeting of the Board of Finance,
to be held on Thursday, April 24, 1902, qt
5 o'clock P. M.. for the purpose of taking
such action as Is required by Chapter 30,
Laws 1S02, concerning the Board of Esti
mate.
Very respectfully.
JACOB RINGLE,
President Board of Finance.
Mr. Abernethy moved that the Board of
| Finance appoint two of its members to
‘ represent the Board on the “Board <of
Estimate,'’ as required by Section <o,
Chapter 30, Laws 1902.
Adopted.
Mr. Perry moved that Messrs. Ringle
and Brock be so appointed, and upon a
yea and nay vote being recorded they
were declared to be so appointed.
LTpon motion of Mr. Brock, the meeting
then adjourned.
M. F. KALAHER.
_ Clerk.
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
(Official Proceedings.)
Regular meeting of the Board of Edu
cation, held in the Assembly Chamber,
City Hall, Thursday, April 24, 1902.
ROLL CALL.
| Present—President Ward and Messrs.
Ridgway, Clute, Moran, Lewis, Tracy,
Lyons, RaiLsey, Coyle, Gilmore, Berger,
and Egbert—12.
Absent—Mr. Stratford—1.
READING AND APPROVAL OF MIN
UTES.
On motion of Mr. Moran the reading of
the minutes of the last meeting was dis
pensed with and they were approved as
printed.
PRESENTATION OF COMMUNICA
TIONS.
From Susan T. Glassey, thanking the
members of the Board for her appoint
ment as a teacher.
Received.
From Mr. Ramsey. Committeeman of
School No. 16. preferring charges of in
competency against the janitor of that
school and recommending his dismissal.
Received and referred to Janitors’ Com
mittee.
PROPOSALS AND BIDS.
The Clerk, having read the advertise
ment calling for proposals for furniture,
&c.. new School No. 28, received the fol
lowing bids:—
American School Furniture Co.. 19 West
Eighteenth street, New York City:—
Item I.—Pupils’ Desks:—
Class “A"—Combination dividing line
desks, all sizes, single desks, $2.95 each;
all sizes, rears, $2.75 each; Jacobus ink
wells, 10c. each, extra.
Class “B” — Combination , adjustable
desks, all sizes, single desks. $3.70 each;
all sizes, single, rears, $3.50 each, Jacobus
ink wells, 10c. each, extra.
Class “C”—Chandler adjustable desk
and chair, all sizes, single desk and* chair,
W.W each; Jacobus ink wells, 10c. each,
extra.
Item II.—Chairs for assembly room—
Sample “N,” as per specifications, $1 per
sitting; sample “O,” $1.10 per sitting;
sample “P.” $1.25 per sitting.
Item III.—Slate blackboards—48c. per
square foot.
Item IV.—Teachers’ desks—Style “A,”
$12 each.
Item V.—Tables—Style “B,” $20 each.
Item VI.—Book cases, as per details and
specifications, for the sum of $220.
Item VIII.—Principals’ desks. $2S.
Wm. Dunne & Son. 171 Webster avenue,
Jersey City. N. J.:—
Item I.Pupils’ desks:—
Class “C,” as per sample marked “D;”
single desks, Nos. 1 and 2, $3.10 each; Nos.
3 and 4, $3 each; Nos. 5 and 6. $2.90 each:
rears, all sizes, $2.S0 each; Jacobus ink
wells, 15c. each, extra.
Item III.—Slate blackboards, 50c. per
square foot.
Joel H. Woodman. Fifteenth, Clinton
and Grand streets, Hoboken, N. J.:—
Item II.—Assembly Chairs:—
No. 57—Spindle top back, nailless, $1.53
per sitting. _
No. 57—Spindle top back, E. P., $1.4o per
sitting.
No. 51—Plain back, nailless, $1.4o per slt
t,nN*o. 57—Plain back, B. N., $1.35 per sit
ting.
No. 51 A—$1.35 per sitting.
No. 50—With No. 52 style top of back,
$1.20 per sitting.
No. 50—Oak, $1.10 per sitting.
No. 50—Maple, $1 per sitting.
L. E. Atherton & Co., 208 Canal street.
New York City:—
Item III.—Slate blackboards, 4S^c. per
square foot.
Adam Ruckstuhl — Pianos — Hardman
James & Hulstrom—Baby grand, $423.
Ruckstuhl Bros.—Upright piano, style
C, $280. , . ,
Ruckstuhl Bros.—Upright piano, style
B $250
James & Hulstrom—Upright piano, style
14ja?cob Bro's.—Upright piano, style 12,
$250; style 10. $225. .
Fleisher & Co.—Upright piano, $175.
The Wm. Browe & Son Co.. 16 Clinton
street, Newark N. J.—Gas fixtures, $193.
Geo. Allers. 308 Central avenue. Jersey
City. N. J.. at $18 each.
Received and referred to Committee on
School No. 28. . ,
The Clerk, having read the advertlse
mer.t calling for proposals for painting
work on new School No. 28. received the
following bids, five In number 'oZ,VT
Charles H. Rabe, Jersey City. $1,522. Rob
ert Buge, $1,735: John Bauer. SI - < 43; Koer
nig & Dohrmann, $1,787; James Treanor,
^Received and referred to the Commit
tee on School No. 28. u
PRESENTATION OF CLAIMS.
Repairs, 1901-1902:— . .
Wood & Menagh, repairs. School No. 14,
$13-43: School No. 28: $4.10.
O'Brien & Keilt, repairs. School No. 0,
$39 20.
K. J. Roberts, repairs. School No 13, $8.
Wm. C. Pierce, repairs. School Xo. 4,
$32.
E. Bartsch, repairs. School Xo. 10, $8.75.
The Standard Wood Turning Co., re
pairs, School Xo. 7, $25. , ,
Frank R. Brick & Co., repairs, School
No. IS. $22.08. . „ . . -a
Andrew Whalen, repairs. School Xo. 14,
$16: School Xo. 24, $1.50.
H. Gutschmidt. repairs. $37.$4.
Chas. H. Sulk, repairs. School Xo. 12,
$246.14: School Xo. 17. $93.58.
Patrick Bligh, cleaning. School Xo. 4.
tor,
‘John Schroeder. cleaning. School No.
John Hagen, removing furniture. An
jjpx Xo. 1, $10.
Janitors’ supplies, 1901-1902:—
Wood & Menagh. Janitors supplies.
School No. 2, $35.58; School No. 3. $19:
School No 9.’$25.23; School No. 10. $11.52;
School No. 11. $42.94: School No. 13. $U.<o;
school No H. $1.90: School No. SS. $34.30
Books and stationery. 1901-1902:—
Peckham, Little & Co. stationery,
School No 2. $W.04: School No. 6. $27 So,
$5 School No. 7. $36.24, $32.90: School No.
12.’ $3.05: School No. 18. $6.91; School No.
20, $36.54: School No. 23, $4.20; School No.
24* $2 SO
‘ j W. Schermerhorn. stationery, School
No. 7, $2.98: School No. 19, 71c.
J. L. Hammett & Co., stationery. School
No 1 $29.25; School No. 6, $14.12: School
No! 11, $3.60; School No. 15, $3.60; School
NMllton*:Bradley S- Co., stationery, School
No. 9. $4 95: School No. 11. $2.20; School No.
19. $1.83; School No. 23. $5.76.
Chr. Sower * Co., books. School No. 6,
$3 36
Thomas R. Shewell & Co., hooks. School
No. 6, $20. $39; School No. U, $®
The McMillan Co., books, School No. L,
^Charles Scribner's Sons, hooks. School
^Charles Searle. books. School No. 15, *28.
E. A. Murphy, Incidentals, School No.
23 F range* Soper, Incidental*. School No.
U. *6.20.
Mathuahek & Son, rmmo, rent. High
School, $28.
, Fuel. 1301-1302:—
United Electric Co. of N. J.. power,
Schooi No. 9. $2.80, $21.51; School No. 1L
$15 381' $16.13. ,
The Newman Industrial Home and Mis
sion. wood. School No. 6 31 ,7; School
No. 14, $10.75; School No. 19. $7.1.7.,; School
No. 24, $10.75; School No. 26, v-2.75; Schooi
No. 28, $10.75.
Gas, 1901-1902:—
Hudson County Gaa Co., gas, ail schoola,
$133,10.
, Printing, 19C1-1902:—
t Albert Data, printing. Superintendent’s
1 office, $3.
The Evening Journal Association, print
; ing, School No. 28, $20. $17.30.
; Special School Appropriation, L. L.
etc. :—
■ M. T. Connolly Contracting Co., third
1 payment, mason work, Contract 351a,
; School No. 2, $2,490.
R. C. Cook & Son. first payment, car
' pentgr work, contract 352a, School No. 2,
$2,975
i P. E. Martin & Co., first payment, entire
l work, contract High School, si',550.
t R. C. Cook & Son. fourth payment, car
penter work, contract No. 330a, School No.
! 28. $4,260.
The Baldwin Eng. Co., fourth payment,
I heating work, Contract No. 221a, School
; No. 28, $2,550.
! Barron Donaldson, second payment, ear
! penter work, contract No. 240a, School No.
23, $2,550.
Chas. Kuederly, fourth payment, mason
: work, contract No. 344a, School No. 2$,
I $4,250.
' Received and referred to their appro
; priate committee!.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMIT
Tees
Resolved, That the following claims,
thirty-eight in number, be ordeerd paid to
the parties hereinafter named as per bills
accompanying:—
Repairs, 1961-1902:—
Woodhouse & Co., repairs. School No.
8, March, 1902, $33.25; Schooi No.'16, March,
1902, $1.85: School No. 15. March. !S02; $2.70;
School No. 17, March, 1902. 11.76, $20.13;
School No. 24. March, 1902, $3.60; School
No. 26, March, 1962. $1.
Frank W. Towey, repairs, School No.
8, March. 1902, $3.50. $3.70.
Seamon Behr, sepalrs. School No. 3,
i March, 1902. $9.45.
, Geo. H. Andruss. repairs. School No. 15.
! March, 1902, $25.30.
I Wm. Gorman, repairs. School No. 23,
March. 1902, $1.
Robert J. Roberts, repairs. School No.
21. March, 1902. $6.
John A. Kull, repairs. School No. 22, $35.
Warden & Crawford, repairs. School No.
23, December. 1901, $32.25.
John J. Kent, repairs. School No. 28.
December. 1901, $11.70.
Johnson Temp. Reg. Co., repairs. School
No. -7. March, 1902. $20.55.
Books and stationery, 1901-1952:—
John J. Mulvaney, incidentals, office,
March, 1902. $20.31.
Special School Appropriation L. L,
etc.:—
P. E. Martin, second payment, entire
work, contract 347a, School No. 1 Annex,
: $719.25.
i The M. T. Connolly Contracting Co.,
second payment, mason work, contract
351a, School No. 2. $4,250.
James E. Murray, second payment,
plumbing work, contract 335a, School No.
28. $2,550,
The Baldwin Eng. Co., third payment.
! heating work, contract 331a, School No.
28. $4,260.
opcutii ajjyi wpi iu liuji, uVi-iJ1!-.—
The Jersey City News, printing. School
No. 1 Annex. November, 1901. $21; School
No. 1 Annex. December, 1901. $14.70; School
No. 2, October. 1901. $16.50: School No. Z
November, 1901, $103.50; December. 190L
$24.20; School No. 19. July, 1901, $14.70. $23.18.
$33.50; School No. 29, July, 1981, $28.50,
8100.75.
I The Evening Journal Association, print
: ing. School No. 1 Annex. December. 1901.
i $13.65; School No. 2. December. 1901, $25.30;
School No. 19. July, 1901. $14. $22: School
| No. 23, March. 1901, $21.60; School No. 29.
' July. 1901. $22.56.
The yeas and nays were ordered and
taken on the call of the Chairman and
the resolution adopted by the following
I vote:—
Yeas—President Ward and Messrs.
! Ridgway, Clute, Moran, Lewis, Tracy,
Lyons. Ramsey, Coyle, Gilmore, Berger
and Egbert—12.
Nays—None.
Absent—Mr. Stratford—1.
Resolved. That a warrant for $490.05 he
ordered drawn on the City Treasurer and
charged to account Teachers’ Salaries,
1900- 1901. in favor of ?'rank O. Briggs,
treasurer Teachers' Retirement Fund, be
. ing one per cent, deductions from the sal
' aries of all teachers belonging to said
fund for the months of October and part
of November, 1901.
The yeas and nays were ordered and
taken on the call of the Chairman and
the resolution adopted by the following
vote :—
Yeas—President Ward and Messrs.
Ridgway, Clute, Moran. Lewis, Tracy.
Lyons, Ramsey, Coyle, Gilmore, Berger
and Egbert—12.
Nays—None.
Absent—Mr. Stratford—1.
Resolved, That a warrant for $109,480 be
ordered drawn on the City Treasurer and
, charged to account Teachers' Salaries.
1901- 1902, in favor of Frank O. Briggs,
j treasurer Teachers’ Retirement Fund, be
ing one per cent, deductions from the sal
aries of all teachers belonging to said
fund for the months of December. 1901,
and January, February and March. 1902.
The. yeas and nays were ordered and
taken on the call of the Cahirman and
the resolution adopted by the following
vote:—
I Y'eas—President Ward and Messrs.
Ridgeway, Clute, Moran. Lewis, Tracy.
Lyons, Ramsey, Coyle, Gilmore, Berger
and Egbert—12.
Nays—None.
Absent—Mr. Stratford—1.
Resolved, That the Hon. Board of Fi
nance be and they are hereby requested
to transfer the following balances to an
account to be known as Genera! Claims
Account, 1900-1901, out of which claims be
longing to the fiscal year 1900-1S81. may
be paid, viz.Printing and blanks, includ
ing annual report, $82.93; books, stationery
and supplies. 8116.85; fuel and electric
power. $20.88; Night Schools, etc.. SIC3;
census, 8B.S50: gas, $592.25; repairing school
buildings. $124.96: insurance, $24.4$; rent
$470; total, $4,295.40.
Auopieci.
Whereas, William F. Ely, custodian of
school moneys, holds two hundred and
ten dollars <$2101, received since April 20,
1900. from the State in aid of school li
braries.
Resolved. That a warrant for two hun
dred and ten dollars <$2101 be drawn in
favor of Honrv Snvder. Superintendent of
Schools, and that he be instructed to dis^
tribute'this amount among the several
schools for which library aid has be«n
given, as follows:—School No. 3. $10: No
7. $20: No. 9. $10: No. 11. $19: No. 18. $1":
No. 14. $10: No. 15. $19: No. 17. $»: No. 20.
$10- No. 21, $30; N'o. 22. $10; No. 23. $10; No.
24. $20; No. 25. $10; No. 26. $3*.
The veas and nays were ordered and
taken and the resolution adopted by tne
following vote:—
Teas—President Ward and Messrs.
Ridgway, Clute, Moran. Lewis. Tracv.
Lyons. Ramsey, Coyle, Gilmore, Berger
and Egbert—12.
Xay."-Nore.
Absent—Mr. Stratford—1.
Teachers and Salaries Committee, ny
Mr. Egbert, Chairman:—
Resolved. That Miss Sarah Cullem of
School 'No. 7, Miss Mary S McDowell of
the High School, and Miss Florence Cop
pinger of School No. 6, be and they are
hereby granted a leave of absence with
losa of substitute’s pay for tne month
each, from April 23, 19®. to May 23, 1902:
cause, illness.
Adopted. ‘
Resolved. That leave of absence hither
to granted to Miss Henrietta Kenne,
teacher in School No. 7. be and is hereby
extended to September 1, 1903.
Adopted. ....
Resolved, That leave of absence hither
to granted to Miss Minnie Chadbufn.
teacher in School ’No. 1. be and Is hereby
extended to November 1, 1902.
Adopted.
Text Books Committee, by *Mr. Ridg
way. Chairman:—
Resolved. That Laing's Planetarium be
added to the authorized list of supp.ies;
the price for each planetarium to be $30.
The yeas and nays were ordered and,
taken and the resolution adopted by thsi
following vote:—
i Yeas—Pres dent Ward and Messrs.
! Ridgway, CTtite, Moran. Lewis, Tracy,
Lyons, Ramsey, Coyle, Gilmore, Berger
! and Egbert—12.
Nays—None.
Absent—Mr. Stratford—1.
1 Resolved, That the following text books
•be added to the authorized list, at the
pricer* annexed:—
Little. Brown & Co , 2S4 Washington
street, Boston, Mass.:—
The man Without a Country, by Dr.
Edward Everett Hale. $.50
The World's Discoverers, by William
Henry Johnson. .. 1.20
(To be continued.)
CREDITORS OF EDWARD KELLY.
deceased, are, by order of the Sur oxa «
of Hudson County, dated January 2'. 10*2,
| upon application of the ;»d«nir*i*:rv:Dix.
j nbtided to bring in their debt*, dsm-atni*
a*d claims against his estate within nine
months from above date.
1 MARY KELLY, Admiaiztratfix.