New-York tribune., 1897-12-19

A fair will bs opened by Bishop Mcdonnell, Of
Brooklyn. I'm he school hall Of the Church OF the
Mos, Holy Trinity, Montrosc ard Graham aves.. to-
for ~" beneai OF s. I6scph's sanltarium for Con-
sumptves. a. Foresburg sullivan County
The Baptist Boys Brigade Will have n perma-
nent camping ground on the shores OF Musquash
Bay. near Asbury Park sevcnty-fve acres. known
as the Tucker homestead. have been secured By tho
association IN charge OF the boys and a conva-
S Az, mem ,ars Of fbe Barlst sunday and mis-
sion schools ) New.York. 4 good building; con;
fl vii be put in repair for next summer
II IS proposed to establish Beecher museum,
where manuscript writings including sermons. let
ters etc or anything else OF interest connected
with the great preacher. may be preserved ana en-
joyed by his admirers.
There Is larger number Of students at Bryn
Mawr this year than before. and statistics re-
Gently made out show that the gymnasuc training
OF girls who have been some years In the college is
telling in the general average Of lung capacity.
f5rty-two graduates for 9S. elghty-nlne in the
freshman class. and total number OF S22 students.
Miss NJ J. Frodshar has been appointed lecturer
at the Training College. Cambridge. England. She
won tho entrance scholarship a Holloway COL
lege and the First Founders Scholarship for math-
ematlcs as well the Driver prize for mathc-
MATES. and a second-class oxford honor modera-
tion In mathematics.
movement is being agitated leading to the In
PRODUCTION OF trimming at the Normal College for
teachers OF deafmutes. This branch may form
a part OF the compulsory curriculum, but will
Charles r. Hubbell, president OF the Board or
WI tbs pT0pofbas o b II Imbroycd Tena
Instruction OF Deaf Mutos.
Another summer there will be five free vacation
schools opened In the city in the poorest quarters
where children who have other amusement
may be induced to benefit by them New-York
the whole school year will not h. accepted as
the candidates fo- positions but western or out
of-town applicants will be favored.
II is thought that the influence OF tho French
language with its unasprated h. is the primary
cause OF that letter being so much ignored by
English people French having been spoken
long in England and the people near the coast
having In contact continually with that
language. an indellble IMPRESSION II Is said' Is
An effort 10 Introduce sewing classes among tho
BOYS In a Harlem school has resulted In defeat
OF the Board Of Education Sewing being on the
curriculum for girls In the Twenty-thrd Ward,
household economy well. But continued pro-
boys boys and az e'1h to 5her re lessons SON in needework
Dr. Isadore Dyer. former president OF the State
Board OF Control OF the Lepers' Home. Louisiana,
has expressed himself as much incensed that
the lepers confined on North Brother Island should
have been discharged and allowed to be at large.
He declares that physicians who have great ex-
perience with the disease know It to be conta-
two million lepors In the world now.
Miss Frances f. Willard will be guest at the
Pilgrim Mothers dinner December q at the
Waldorf Astoria.
At a recent meeting In the radical United
Brethren Church OF Chambersburg Penn R II
Irwin an evangelist from Lincoln, Neb. spoke
vigorously against women wearing feathers and
birds their hats. Many women present re-
moved their hats and bonnets and pulled of the
feathers
The Woman's Press Club OF New-York City will |
have lat home" on the afternoon OF New
Years Day In the Chapter Room at Carnegie Hall