The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-12-01

penscs, such as the printing Of invitations,
ate. AfIer eli $1,000 for ball to ,tcJ peo-
: pie at the Metropolitan Opefa-house. Tor
which the rent is 5000, does not APPEAR 10
be ut all out OF the way.
TIKI NEW CLEVELAND HOME,
, on Madison avenue. was pleasantly opened
: for the round of social pleasures that II II
I expected 10 furnish, By o'clock tea,
: which Mrs. Cleveland gave to her mother.
Mrs. Perrine, on Tuesday afternoon. Inc
, teas will be repeated until Mrs. Perrine's
circle Of local acquaintances extends To all
! her daughters friends. The guests are not
. many at each, and the refreshments served
, are come love" and chocolate biscuits.
Tng FLOWER MARREr.
The flower market Of New York is at the
Thrt,-fourih street ferry. Natural fiowers
being 10 largely used In decorations. the
small farmers OF Long Island realize IA
much. IL not more from their greenhouses,
than they do from their vegetable patches
or diaries. L. ere n an enormous amount
Of money spent every year III New YORK Oh
cut flowers. IL goes up into the millions.
r Ihe market opens at six in the morning,
and closes generally about nine, and Just
before il closes - the time TO get bargains.
MANY hOusekeepers know this, and asaii
themselves Of the knowledge when
they have dinner party or
reception in progress. The small farmers
have no way Of Keeping the flowers, 30 they
will part with their perishable freight for
almost nothing. sometimes, when the farm
er IL a practical gardener, he will form
partnership with "A florist in the city-One
Iaanagin. the farm, the other the store.
One of the firms of this kind has farm up
In Westchester that is 40 acres in extent,
and represents an outlay OF fl,bOOVJ.
From October to Nav il the florists harvest,
| -, al.gaf
| Christmas, when some Of the well-knOwn
florists do a business of s5.Opu day.
Is HEBREW CIRCLES.
The congregation of Temple Emanuel
| have reelected the Rev. Or. Joseph sii,sr
man junior rabbi for four years at salary
| Of So 80 year.
| Al the Hebrew educational fair 10 be
held next month one of the most interesting
exhibits will be that of the Hebrew Tecbni-
cal Institute. The booth will be constructed
bv the pupils of the school, and in II will be
three lnthes, also made by theIfi, while
number OF boss ~ill be at work at benches
engaged in Woodworking, wood-carying.
electrical work, mechanical drawing and
wise work. The articles constructed by the
boys of the school in the various depart
ments will also be displayed.
This institution. though but few years
i'm existence, has served q, double purpose
to give to Hebte& youths a technical educa-
ton and to deyelope among lsraeiltes de-
| sire 10 enter industrial walks Of life. Ii II
a technical. not trade school, but II seems
destined. in course Of time, to deyelone into
two branches-a technical school proper
and trade school. The director. DIR. ". VI.
Ieipziger has studied the science Of peda-
gogy IA all It's phases, and has spent much
time abroad in the study Of educational
methods; and the graduates Of the school
have met with the greatest success III the
| fields for which they have been trained. and
are all employed. either as macbinists, de-
! signers. woOd-wOrkers or electricians,
The aim of the director is 10 incnlcate a
love Of ind lsttial pursuits in the children
Of the rich as well as the poor. He is an
ardent believer in the value Of technical
education. Children are not admitted until
| they are twelve. and the course of study |
en- braces three wears. The general educa- |
ton of the pupil is attended 10, az well as
his manual training. The school is at No. |
rs stu, yesant street. and has now 10 pu- |
pills. There is a branch in east broadway. |
where preparatory department has been
established by the Hebrew free-schOol As
sociation. Here fffy pupils receive in
structlOh'
The local board Of Jewish ministers dis !
cus.ed at their last meeting the feasibility !
of procuring the attendance OF an official at
the TOmbs to claim Jewish yagrant child !
rem and have them committed TO Jewish In
stitutions. A committee was appointed TO
act IN the iiiatler.
The Agular Free Library has just COM
pleied its second year. The two main
branches are on East Broadway and Lex
ington avenue. A choice collection Of
, books in all departments Of literature VIII
be found in each branch, During the past
year the circulation was over 10000. The
! ii ,rary is open TO any resident Of the city of
| New York over ten years Of age. There is
a competent librarian in attendance. Each
branch has a reading room where all the
latest leading periodicals are kept on file.
ubDs iNp EXITS.
! Nearly year ago Barney Baldwin met
with serious accident in railroad yard
in Louisville. Ky. When relief reached him
il was thought he was dead Of q broken
neck, and the physician who examined him
was Of the same opinion, and ordered him 10
be- sent 10 the inorgue and prepared for
burial. Before the order could be executed
Mr.. Baldwin opened his eyes. Then the
doctors Strengthened out his neck aud be
asked them to get something to support his
] head. so AS to relieve the pressure on his
spinal cord at the place Of fracture.
A steel wire sling was arranged.
and he wears the contriyancc TO
this day. The broken bone has never
healed vet. Mr. Baldwin ID in good physical
condition. and can eat, sleep, talk and walk
As well as anybody. In this money-naking
age 81. III peculiar phenomena could not be
allowed TO lie idle, 30 Mr.. Baldwin gathers
in the pennies by exhibiting himself in
museum as one OF the sights Of this yaric-
gated village.
Mrs. Josephine :. Iarocka, the grand
niece Of Pulaski, the Polish revolutionary
hero Will lecture at the knickerbocker
Conservatory tomorrow evening on Gen.
Pulaski" She has had very varied and
adventurous life, and spent seven years III
siberia.
| A pure tenor is like flaw'ess diamond;
there is nothing rarer. Yet operate man.
ayers OF New York claim 10 have discover
ed nothing less than feminine tenor, with
! 4 double reg lister. The lady is Miss {. T..
| Nicolat. native Of Baltimore, where she
is well known, and moves in the highest So
cieiy. Miss Nic)lat has had every
ner voice. Some Of her teachers
in Baltimore concluded that she
had a contralto register, but famous New
| York professor who trains pupils for the
operate stage, and who has lately had the
lady under his care, was not long in max
ing the startling discovery that she had
pure tenor. The only other cases OF the
KIND during pcrlOu OF twenty years neIc
those OF Mrs. Howard Paul and Miss Min
ME Briggs. both Of whom were considered
phenomenal at the time, and excited com
ment among musical people all over the
cOuntrg. Miss Nicolat is very pretty,
stylish brunette about twenty years OF age.
Petitions are circulating in this city ask
ing that a line OF street railroad shall be
laid down in Fifth avenue. Though the
avenue has of late years fallen somewhat
from it's old-time high estate, IL still remains
nearly the only thoroughfare In New York
suitable for vehicles, ami II should remain
- il is. The neighboring avenues are
ibundantly supplied with the means OF
travel, and horse railroad in Fifth avenue
/. wholly uncalled for. Besides this, the
law. as it stands, prohibits such railroad
on the avenue.
Rev. Robert b. Hull, pastor OF the Green
wood Baptist Church, OF Brooklyn, is max
ing arrangements for an excursion TO
Europe and the Holy Land. The company
IL limited to one hundred, aud will be
largely made up of Baptist clergymen. They
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