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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-06
EPWoRTH LEAGUE OFFICERS,

Those of Chapter No. 500 Installed
Last Evening.
The public installation of officers of Chap
ter No. SOC, Epworth League, last evening at
the Linden Avenue Methodist Episcopal
Church was one of the most successful affairs
ever held by this progressive chapter. The
event took place in the church, and every
seat in the edifice was occupied. The Com
mittee of Arrangement deserves much credit
for the excellent programme that was pre-
sented, and which made the event the success
it was. Pastor W. S. MCGOWAN officiated as
master of ceremonies. The programme was
opened with an organ solo by Mrs. Nc
Cowan, the organist of the church. The
congregation then sang the "Doxology,"
after which Pastor MCGOWAN offered payer,
The congregation sang a hymn, which was
followed with a well-rendered recitation by
Miss Ida Feree. Misses Amelia and Jennie
Wauters then played a piano duet in a clever
manner, and the Rev. S. K. Doolittle of the
Monroe Methodist Episcopal Church, Bay
onne, delivered an address on "The Epworth
League" Pastor DooIittle explained the
objects of the league, and complimented
Chapter No. 800 for the work it accom-
plished. The Rev. E. N. Crasto, Correspond
ing Secretary of the Jersey City district,
also delivered an address N ''The Work of
the League" He gave the young Christians
some excellent advice, and said that it should
be every ones ambition to become a Chris
tan and a laborer in Gods vineyard. Mr..
Crasto's address was followed by a soprano
solo by Miss Gerter MCGOWAN. The piano
solo rendered by Mr.. Lester Lewis showed
much musical ability, and was n of the
features of the evening.
Mr.. George A. Lincks, the youthful orator
who has made a record for himself in Ep-
worth League circles as a hustler, then de-
livered an address that aroused much en-
thusiasm. Mr.. Lincks made a fervent plea to
the young Christians to remain true to their
faith and their God, and said that true hap
piness was only to be found in a Christian
life. After a piano duet by Mrs. MCGOWAN
and Mr.. Lester H. Lewis, the installation
ceremonies were performed by the Rev. F.
Chadwick, Pastor of the Bergen Point Metho-
dist Episcopal Church. The officers who
were installed are;-President, Mr.. William
H. Provost; First Vice President Depart
ment of Spiritual Work., Mr.. Charles McIn-
tyre; Second Vice-President Department of
Mercy and Help, Miss Ida Lewis; Third
Vice-President Department of Literary
Work., Miss May Saybolt; Secretary, Mr..
William Mcintyre, and Treasurer, Mrs.
Lewis.
There were delegations present from Chap
ter No. Z of the Monroe Methodist Episcopal
Church, Bayonne; Chapter No. S,84S of the
Bergen Point Methodist Episcopal Church
and Chapter No. 1904 of the West Side
Methodist Episcopal Church.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-06
REMOVAL OF LETTER CARRIERS.
A bill Introduced in Washington tt
Protect the P~ostnnen.

FFOteCL tine fOSLkhlGus
The National Association of Letter Car
riers has introduced in the House of Repre-
s~entatives the following bill, calculated to
regulate the mode of removal of letter
carriers
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of America
in Congress assembled, That on ADD after tue
passage OF this act no letter carrier shall be
for removal until after written
charges shall have bseu preferred against him
and after the charges shall have been publicly
examined into, upon sich reasonable notice 20
rhe person charged and IN such manner OF ex-
animation as the regulations of the Postoface
Department may prescribe.
Section, 2. That no letter carrier shall be re-
moved until the record of the examination pro-
vided for in section one of this act shall havs
been reviewed, and the removal of such letter
carrier recommended. by a Board of Review,
and said board shall have power to cause such
further Investigation to be made as it may
deem necessary: and If the facts established
shall not, in the opinion of said board, be such
as to warrant q recommendation for removal,
of a lesser penalty, said board may, in its dis
erection, recommend a Suspension Of such carrier
for a period commensurate with the gravity of
the offeuse.
Sec. 3. That the Board of Review provided for
In section two of this act shall consist OF such
officers Of the department as the Postmaster
General may from time to time design ate for
that purpose. All acts or parts of acts incon-
sistent with this act are hereby repealed.
The Jersey City letter carriers are anxious
to have this act become q law. Congress-
man G.. Bragg Fielder will be appealed to
to vote for the measure.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-06
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES MASQUERADE.

= The Observation-Disclosures Gesang-
Verein, a singing society from the Fourth
ward Of Hoboken, gave a masquerade ball at
the Quartette Club Hall last evening. There
was a large number present, and every II
enjoyed the evening. The grand march was
lead by Peter Rittberg and Mrs. Spiegei.
The Floor Committee comprised w. Schmitt,
E. Schroeder, A. Nottelmann, G. Goldberger,
O. Misselbeck, H. Rittberg, l.. Christ, H.
Tietien and II. Bruhn. On the Arrange
menfs Committee were John Bosch, John
Nautilus, Oh. Hirsch, VIM. Medel, Fl. Har-
der. w. Schmitt, P. Rittberg, and H.
Paulsen. The Reception Committee consist
ed of Henry Moller, John Jurgensen and
John Bosch.
Among Others present were: Mr.. and Mrs.
E. Bergman, MI. and Mrs. Carl Puck, Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Schumann, Mr.. n Mrs.
John Georgensen, Mr.. and Mrs. H. Wolff,
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Nautilus, Mr.. and
Mrs. AL. Pfuss, Mr.. and Mrs. E. Berkmann,
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Lohmeyer, Mr.. aud Mrs. s.
r. Hopkins, Mr.. and Mrs. w. Ford, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. Aufberg, Mr.. and Mrs. 7. Lehman,
Mr.. and Mrs, Otto Haul, Mr.. and
Mrs. d. Schroeder, Mr.. and Mrs. T..
Hallonstein, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Ergenson,
Misses E. Struss, NJ. Davidson, M, Wolff. K.
Strube, A. Hockens, M. Schmidt, G. Ritter
and M. Jurgenson. Among the societies re-
presented were the K. U. v. Eimigkeit, by
President e. Schroeder; the Eiche Singing
Society, by E.. Jacobi and Hoboken Schuet-
zen Corps No. ], by Capt, Carl Schroeder.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-06
A
A Celebrated Actress Played the Part
When She Was Mad.

When She Was Mad.
The English poet, John Day, who lived
from 1858 to 1882, wrote his ballad, "Black-
Eyed Susanna" in honor of Mrs. Mont
ford, a distinguished actress of that time.
A peculiarly tragic fate overlook this
gifted woman. After her retirement from
the stage she became insane through an I'M
fortunate love affair and the ingratitude of a
friend, and was confined to an insane asylum.
During one of her lucid intervals she inquired
of the nurse the name of the play which was
to be given at the theatre that night. Ham
let" was the answer. During her stage
career she had always played the part of
Ophelia, and Mrs. Montford was overcome
with the memory of her triumphs in that
role. With the cunning peculiar to the in
sane she eluded the w~atchfulness of her
paired to the theatre, where she concealed
herself until the scene was on in which the
Ophelia appears. Quickly the unfortunate
woman rushed on to the stage, ere the actress
who was to play the part that
night was aware of the presence of a
ritual. and she depicted the madness of
Shakespeare's pathetic creation with a YER
acity and true delineation OF character which
all the art in the world could not have imi-
tated. 1t was the Ophelia which the immor-
tai bard had in hiS.mind when he wrote the
tragedy. When Mrs. Montford left the
stage she exclaimed hysterically:-"An is
overln and was taken back to the asylum,
where she died several days afterward.-
ST. Louis POst-DeSputch
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-06
GOSSIP.

The song service which was to have besn held
at the Reformed Church on Sunday evening
has been postponed on account of the illness OF
Director Westervelt, who is confined to his
home with a severe attack of pneumonia. IL
Dir. Westervelt RECEIVERS sufficiently by next
Sunday evening TO conduct the service it will be
held then. The choir will continue its rehears-
ais until the service is rendered.
The Minkakwa Club held a we'll attended
meeting last evening at the Ocean avenue club
house. Arrangements were made for the Re-
publican primaries, which will be held on
March 81, and the coming district convention
was discussed. Mr.. w. @ Dunn, who was
appointed to select teams to meet
teams from the Wauser CLUB Ia pinochle and
euchre tournaments reported that the following
members would play:-Pinochl lie. Mr.. P. Beos.
H. Wittnebert and Edward Clark; euchra. The
Armstrong, P. Boos, Winfield c.. Dunn and
Charles Merker. Sr. After the meeting a social
session was held and euchre and pinochie games
were INDUCED in. Michael Schultz aud Tneo-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-06
ST. MARY'S SCHOOL
Parishioners Rally to Father
Kelly's Support--Four Glasses
to Be Formed.

A meeting was held in st. Mary's School
Hall, Hoboken, last evening, at which the
ACCESSIBILITY of opening a portion of the
parochial school to accommodate many chill
dren of the parish now wandering about the
streets with no school to attend, was con-
sidered. 1t was the unanimous sense of the
meeting, which was composed of nearly one
hundred parishioners, that four classes be
opened as soon as possible to receive
the children. Edward Meagher was
nominated chairman Of the meeting
Father c.. J. Kelly, Pastor of the church,
was asked to explain the purpose of the
meeting. He said that it was necessary to
consider three questions bearing upon the
subject. The first was the necessity of TAX
ing some means to reduce the number OF
children in. the parish who are not attending
any school whatever; second, the advisable
ity of opening some rooms in the school to
teach the children if considered necessary to
adopt such means; third, if thought neces-
sary and advisable, that action be taken i'm
mediately. In regard to the neces-
sity of it, it was the unanim
something must be done for the chill
dren who are not, from one cause or another,
attending school. A motion was made that
four class rooms be opened to accommodate
about 200 children, and it was carried. 1t
was thought better to open only a few of the
classrooms as a means OF educating the
children not going to any school at present,
and not to open the whole school. All present
agreed that about 200 children in the parish
had no school to attend. A motion was
passed empowering the pastor to provide for
the opening OF the four rooms. Father
Kelly thinks he can have the school started
next week some time, probably by Wednes-
day.
The expense will be borne by the ordinary
church funds, and the school will be run
economically. There will be no fee What
ever charged. To the contrary, an effort
viii be made to provide books free of any
expense to the pupils. 1t is not the intent
of the movement to disturb any children of
the parish already attending other schools,
and st, Maryis school will establish its own
course through the remainder of the year.
Next September Father Kelly will probably
open the whole school.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-06
JERSEY CITY SAENGERUNDE.
Annual Reception Last Evening a
Grand Success.

For ~thirty-nine years the Jersey City Saen-
gerunde has been in existence, and it is pro-
badly the oldest social club in the county.
Each year the society gives a masquerade
ball, and that event for 1894 took place last
night at Woods Hall. The interior of the
building had been tastefully decorated for
the occasion with flags and bunting, and over
the platform at the extreme east end of the
ball room in bold letters of blazing gas was
the same, "Saengerunde,"
1t was late when the Grand March began.
It was led by Mr.. c.. +. w. Maurer and Miss
Lottie Maurer, and following them were a
host of kings, queens, knights, gypsy girls,
dominoes, clowns, Indian chiefs, etc, etc. At
intermission supper was served down stairs.
1t was a night of pleasure, and music and
dancing was enjoyed by all until the grey
streaks of dawn warned the devoted pleasure
seekers that the time to return home had ar
rived. When the dancers unmasked for
supper it was noticed that among the many
present were:-
Miss D. Kettle, Miss Mary Pfeiffer, Mrs.
G.. Bissell of New Haven, Conn. Mrs. Louise
-Steinberger, Mrs. H. Klussman, Misses
Anna and Pauline Klussman, Mrs. Edward
Hoos, Mrs. Henry Puster, Mrs. A. Ehunfeltz,
Mrs. Robert Phillips, Mrs. L. Finke. Miss
Lottie Helbig, of Roseville; Miss Hattie
Wendell, Mrs. Henry Kohlert, Mrs. Moritz
Stoltz, Mrs. George Ringle. Mrs. George
Rutland, Mrs. Charles Behrens, the Misses
Miss George Dust and Messrs. M. B. Fincke,
L. Fincke William Helbig of Rosevile;
Charles Helbig, Henry Kahlert, George
Ringle, George Rutland, Charles Behrens,
George Adelung, DIR. Vockeoth, Prof Weite-
meyer, Paul Weitemeyer, Bernard Reitze,
Henry Reitze, A. G.. Bissell, of New Haven,
Conn; H. Klusssman, Ex-Alderman Hoos,
Director of Education Obergfell, Judge
Henry Pnster, A. Ehunfelts, Robert Phillips,
Gustav Reuter-, Tony Reuter- and Rudolph
Ewald.
and his assistant was Henry Kohlert. The
floor Committee consisted of Robert Phil
lips, NORTH Stoltz, Carl Ottmann and
Adolph Strubing. The members of the
reception Committee, were:-Bernard j..
Reitze, H. Klussmange, A. E~urenfells,
Steiger.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-06

cept rather festive wear They are quite a
clever invention, however, since the hair is
a more beautiful adernment for the head
than anything that can be manufactured,
and hats and bonnets serve usually only to
conceal it.
Nothing external so much affects a WON
ans appearance as the arrangement of her
tresses. If she is wise enough not to be car
ried away by mere novelty, she will find out
what style of couture best suits her face
and then keep to it permanently without
regard to the vagaries of fashion. 1t is as
tonishing what a fright q woman will some
times make of herself for the sake of being
in the mode. If heavy fringes are in vogue,
the m with the low Greek forehead
cuts off her front hair on a level with her
eyebrows, thereby concealing her chief
beauty. If pompadour fashions rule, fore
heads that would put the portraits Of
Shakespeare to the blush are unblenching-
ly exposed, without a curl to soften their
boldness. In fashion, as in love and war,
discretion is the better part of valor.
The f~avorite hair ornaments at present
are small swords with plain, jeweled or
enameled hits. They are 6 or Z inches long
and are used also as hatpins by persons who
do not object to the havoc made by the
blade. They may be obtained in both sill
yer and gold. Bands and bows of velvet
and ribbon are also worn, although prettily
dressed hair really requires 40 decoration
other than itself. An illustration is given
of a graceful couture intended to accom-
pany a full dress toilet. The front hair is
curled, while the back hair is waved and
rolled over in a twist at the back of the
head. 1t is then secured on the crown in
two loose puffs surmounted by an erect
loop, and the ends are allowed to escape in
short curIs. The ornaments are pearls,
which are twisted in with the inf arran1A-
mant.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-06
DWARFING TREES IN JAPAN.
Pines Require Ten Years for Com
pIetion.

Pines Require Ten Years for Conn
pletion.
The art of dwarfng plants is so little
known in other lands that a short description
of its process is given by Garden and
Forest. The pines may truly be con-
sidered the most important of all
trees in Japan, and great care is taken
are generally grown from seed, and great
care is taken to select the choicest quality
of seed. In the spring OF the second year,
when the seedlings are about eight inches in
height, they are staked with bamboo
canes and tied with rice straw, the
plants being in different desirable
transplanted to richer soil and are well fer
tilted. In the following spring the plants
are restaked and twisted and tied in fanciful
forms. This mode of treatment is given I'M
til the seventh year, when the trees
will have assumed, fairly large pro-
portions, the branches being trained
in graceful forms and the foliage
like small crowds of dense green. The plants
are now taken up and placed in pots one and
one-haf feet in diameter, and are kept well
watered every succeeding year; great care
must be taken to keep new shoots pinched
back. After another year of this treatment
the trees are virtually dwarfed, there being
no growth thereafter.
tant branch of the Japanese nursery bust
ness. A few weeks after the shoots begin to
grow, and when the trunks measure about
three inches in circumference and five feet in
height the bark is removed, piece by piece
from the joint. After five weeks,
s w6sR the the pls s5sm f s be samew and
tied in. After three months, when tho side
shoots grow strong enough, they are all cut
off FIVE or six inches from the main trunk,
they are then dug up and potted in sand.
Care should be taken not to use any fertili-
ger, but plenty of water should be given.
Cut off the large shoots every year in May or
June, and after three years the twigs and
leaves will present admirable yellow and
green tints.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-06
MERCHANTS TALK BUSINESS.

At the regular semi monthly meeting of
the Merchants Protective Association held
in the Avenue House last night, Mr.. George
Krauss, grocer, of Avenue D., Bayonne, and
DR.. J. P. Henry of No. 16S Congress were
proposed for membership. The question of
peddlers' licenses was discussed and a COM
mittee, consisting of Messrs. Hoersch,
Schmidt, H. Cordes and Alexander E.
Cordes, was appointed to investigate the
granting of licenses to peddlers. Messrs.
Beach, Nelson, Hoersch, Banks and Amber
son were as an Entertainment Committee,
and directed to make arrangements for the
celebration of the fifth anniversary of the
association to be held March 10.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-06
DIR. PAWN DEAD.

DIR. Frederick G. Payn died last evening at
his home in Bergen Point from the effects of
an operation for appendicitis, performed for
his relief several days ago. DR.. Payn, who
in his SEVENTEEN year, was a native OF
England. About forty years ago he began
to practise medicine in Bayonne. He was
the first President of the Bayonne Board OF
Education and the first president of the
Board of Health. Upon the formation OF
the Bayonne Hospital Association several
wears ago, he was made President of the
Board Of Physicians and Surgeons. He was
also for years q member of the medical and
surgical staff of st. Francis Hospital OF this
citV
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-06
NATIONAL METHODIST UNIVERSITY

WASHINGTON. March 6, 1S94.-The Secre-
tary of the National Methodist University
was yesterday informed of the first bequest
made to the institution. 1t was not large,
only $3.50, but, coming as it did from Cali
fornia. was valued as indicating the wide
spread interest in the university. Bishop
Hurst says he feels very much. encouraged
over the prospects of the enterprise. Over
$500 900 have been received within the past
few months despite the hard times and a resi-
dent of Washington has pledged SO, 900 on
the day the corner stone OF the first building
IS laid. That event will occur this year,
Bishop Hurst says.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-06
LAUTER's MUSICAL JOURNAL.

aud Home journal, which has just been
issued. is filled with the following choice Sc
~lections of vocal and instrumental music:-
"My lost Mamie" by Thomas P. Westendorf;
sin the Happy Long Ago." by Charles D.
Leaves Mazourka," by Miss Mary
Gridley. Same can be had free upon APP
plication at the piano and organ warerooms
of S. D. Lauter Co, Nos. 657 and $50 Broad
stroet Newark
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-06
SONS OF LIBERTY FAIR.

The Sons of Liberty fair, which has been
going on for the past five nights at Kessler's
Hall, did not close last night as was intended,
as a considerable number of articles were
still unsold; It will be opened again this even
ing, but will positively close at midnight.
The committee who have had the affair in
charge hope to clear at least $1,000. Over
81, 100 has already been cleared, and the re-
turns for the sale of admission tickets are
not included in the above amount.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-06
; N FOR THE POOR.

Mayor Wanser. this morning, received
S239.3 Is from the B. o. P. C. H. This sum
represents 10 per cent. of the sales of that
institution last Saturday. The money was
turned over to Mayor Wanser by Manager
Rohr. The Mayor also received 81 in a let
ter signed Arlington, for the bread fund.
The money has been given to Overseer of the
Poor Hewitt.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-06
LOYAL ADDITIONAL COUNCIL.

Mr.. Jacob B. Merselles of Excelsior Coun-
Gil, r. A., is organizing What will be known
rs the Loyal Additional Council, for the
of the Grand Council. 1t is for the
purpose of increasing the benefit from SS, 900
to IS, 600. The council will be chartered ON
March IA, at the R. A. rooms, in Mcpherson
Hall, Newark avenue. An election of Off
GERS will also be held that evening. There
are already upon the list about seventy-five
members. Only members of the
Royal Arcanum can become members of this
InJro
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-06
PERSONALS.

Warden Osborne's chief delight is in the
beautiful gardens with which the City Hospita
is surrounded every summer. This morning he
had several men at work on them. He super
intended their every move.
Corporation Attorney James F. Minturn hasn't
much love for parochial schools. He believes
in the public school system.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-06
Cnnntx Road Progress.

Indignant Resident" writing to
the World this morning. makes bitter
complaint of the slow construction OF
the County Boulevard. 1t is we'll to
look at the facts in such cases, and see
whether they justify the indignation
which a small number of residents dis
play once in a while.
The route of the Boulevard was de-
termined, and the maps were APP
proved about September, 1891. This
is March, 1894. The interval of time
is two years aud Eve months. exactly.
About one year was consumed by
the legal proceedings for the con-
aemnation of the land for the road.
Some appeals and other flag ends
dragged out longer. A few are not
yet settled. But, approximately, the
land was all in the possession OF the
county inside a year, and indeed
some active work had been done
earlier than September, 1892.
The road is IA miles long and 100
feet wide. To construct it many
houses and other buildings had to be
torn down or removed; trees had to be
cut down and their roots dug up;
hoIlows had to be filled and hills
leveled away; the surface soil had to
be removed from the entire expanse
of the road; curbstones had to be set
throughout its length numerous
bridges had to be built.
Just let Indignant Resident" bring
his mind to bear IN the colossal mag
nitude of the MISREPRESENTATION
miles of it-and let him ask himself
whether he could have done much
mora in one year and five months.
OF course, there is a vast amount of
work still to be done. The road is to
be macadamized and electric lights
are to be provided and n or
two mora bridges are to be
built. All this will take another
year. Bot, in reality it is marvellous
how rapidly the work has been
pushed. 1t reflects the greatest credit
upon Engineer Edlow W. Harrison
and his corps of assistants of all
classes.
Rome was not built in a day." and
neither can fourteen miles of first-class
road. 1ndignant Resident" had
better restrain his Indignation within
the bounds of commo sense and give
those who are doing their best, at
least a quiet life.