New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-04-15

OF the building hTopSh ,Tsd ssyy rs on to
i'cfH f ql tS tSpmS, corner Of the place The
feminine conquest of the world has reached even the
%"t r,anv weeks ago II is said. tenant gave
"a farewell party To Miss Ellen Terry on the hlSm,
bafore She sailed for Euglnl. Hardly room t b0t
could Til its story Of social gatherings. some $50,
hemian others ~ distinction me s'or orr s ga,
yafa Was ended ana she back in Amerlee,n,
visited the building at night anu pelnb ,hortay,
fr.of. Nia islacs Menken is said to have Dis
;.uscI herself man. rented room 10 .''' US
a. and 'lycd I'm il for week on a wager. ~ was
In a second floor studio that Carmencita hrst aP,,
pear,d iu New-York before private auui,,'o or
formonce. THAT studio is the one which Ineodor,ee
Winthrop oceupled ana IN wniGn sey So Others
place him in the sorrsPonang ,r TSo as an any one to
make the building famous AZ a wiI,bo~t having
impossible today to speak 81 E''" brought to
mind The deciduous frescoing in the halfway u
just he saw IT, but time has men1wvn n y' him mn
TIE staiTs beneath the vaulted ceiling shown In the
illustration would hardly make the eomhch'S "''
he made about It's shabby newness 49,, ,ooo In
But science also has memories OF the place In
IS3, samuel +. b. Morse giving lectures on the
hn sme rooms on the third TOP floor Of the main
building Thgse rooms were a. 3 wa since borne is
name There he perfected the electric Telegraph
the drawings for winch ne naf ,nS'f from Europe
when he had Il finished he strung MS wires al1uiln
,b vail ~ Room % in the northwest corner or the
~ f,or which was afterward part OF ltur-
H., suie AMI il now occupied by the law school
dh.ra Win crude instruments made by his own
tnn '5IS w. eave the first exhibition Of telegraphy
| -, ,is n p, pupils among whom were lahlel llunt
1 o .,S WiiIiam Page Richard W Hubbard. Fred;
lni , rimrle and Cornelius Yer Bryck. Afterward
profess5r Morse had better instruments made, and
a(runs he mark at the corner OF Thompson-st His
old instruments are stil preserved IN the coHeee
| museum. ,-. rh
W Draner was busy in the college laboratory. ana
occupied a the first hoor now usrh a. ' ne
| ~ IL. 20
SILVER Fiji he was ready 10 take pictures ana then
ne went with his sister 10 the ROOF. whrre sme Sa'
| Tor h,If an hour In the sun before ms camera.
I,hen he took the plate. and, putting II In MS hxns
baths succeeded in making the nrst psrihaTtSi,
Vas in 1886 His SON. Henry. who also lived IN ne
| building and taught in the coIese. mace "''ise''
| famous by his photographs OF me moon. -. 70
| The south Tower * another historic spot p
five flights az the top OF ra pe1e and there he
| worked out his Ylei. The same rooms were after
ward occupied by George KEENAN, me a door beow on
| T Ii r. Basg has lived for manly years. Bicycle
| i ,r know him as Karl Kron," who wrote an
| cnorn,oIs book about cycling and wheelmeh >
| rout6s the world over. and incidentally wrote
ban,er about lie in the University Building. Fur
Their along the hall, toward TIE north t fnu, Is
Henry Ten Brook Gamase 9ld ,sa room after having
lived there for forty-nne years ne was se's iy
four years old There were hondps in I0 his room
| lie dii his own housekeeping and let no servant
| lie had been a student Yale in the class OF 1881;
lie studied medicine. but did not practise ana nad
| place In the Custom House Tor tne' Dut NOR
| anartments with no other occupation than ne got
from his books and pictures In this apartment a,'
| iighted only by a corner window and an alcove
| a Gs,itaht was a most remarkable collection OF
nIctuTes which he thought valuable space IN Inc
rcantre was reserved for iron bed. the draperes
| ~ which did not appear to have been renewed iot
| years In one corner was mahogany case Wit
| 49, good hooks 4 few chairs and settees were
scattered about for other reason. 1t seemed than
| 20 furnish resting places for prints and letters
| Paners a dozen years old were In the seats OF
n rup in company with others received only rev
DAYS before. All the rest OF the room was n ,s :,
,ha wes and large stacks OF them were built with
nassageways that they were all acesssioie' }us
Icinres had been bought by Gamage's father and
both the elder and younger had had an exasgera,eo
~ ~ their value Some they thought o.d masters
and they wanted make them the nucleus OF
aaauoction for art students. Not nnding encourage
| coilestU - ,bis nroiect, they stored them In the
I'riversIty' and after the death OF the eder CAN
| age the son went to i've Win 'he p'e'u'e' 'A'