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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-24
THE AGE OF MEMOIRS.
WORK TOO COMMON AND TOO CARELESS.


From The London Spectator
On every hand there are signs that an age Of
memoirs is upon There have been such
periods before, when the memoirs of some per
son of quality" and the remains and "addi-
ticnaI remains Of some divine were the most
common outputs Of the press. Then biography
decent mark of respect, less necessary
than +o71bstona but Of a rank with the n1utes
ard Weepers. My lord was scarcely gone from
his earthly tenement when his confidential sec
rotary or his domestic chaplain had begun the
work, which in time came into print with Il
frontspiece wherein Muses. wept over their
patrons bier. 1t all innocent cOnven-
ton, and the products save in some few cases
where the subject mad made history, nave de
parted into limbo. After all, the chaplain did
his work with and leisure and the books
had dignity if they lacked interest. To-day We
are in a different case. No sooner does notable
die than his memoir is forthcoming. and
the same newspaper which prints an account of
his funeral advertiscs his Life in two volumes
with photographs. Any one with the smallest
pretensiOnS to fame may count on hastily
written biography. and the fashion goes further,
for the majority make 1t their business TO fore
stall the biographer and publish their annals in
their lifetime. 1t is .ungenerous to find fault
with the good people VINO keep diaries ana long
memories. for we owe them many pleasant
hours: but the fashion is a dangerous one and
there sad examples of its degradation. To
have known eminent and women is well
and to remember their sayings better; but more
than this is REQUIRED for the making of a good
book. The truth is that mans life is now
garded a commercial asset While he lives
publishers poster him for his memoirs, and after
MS death Lnere IS always some WIllHS scribe IOT
the work. And the great public likes it, and
money is made. and every one is satisfied.
! The public in a hurry and must be
waited While Mr.. Ms name is still in the
papers it wants 10 know all about his education
and his family his reCreations, his taste in
wine, his opinions on his contemporaries The
ha bit is part Of the vulgar curiosity which gives
personal journalism its vogue; and. indeed. this
( type Of memoir is simply a systematized and
padded journalism.
The memoir has become too common and toe
careless, aud all grievances eliminate in the
great complaint that it is rarely literature For
literature involves distinction, conscience and
nice discrimination. It's bounds very wide,
but for that reason its limits when they appear.
are impossible. There is all the difference in the
world between the gossip CT a Pepys and a Bos-
We'll and the chatter of the hack journalist.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-24

and some CT them are excellent but the work
edited by the president Of the Royal Academy
is the first Of its kind. Some drawbacks it has.
The list is alpha betical, and this is we'll, but ii is
a mistake, we think, to enter the proper names
Of the artists instead of those by which they
are generally known. For example, it is mis-
take to place Veronese under the third letter of
the alphabet, for all that his name Paolo
Caliari, or to catalogue Giorgiore as Barbarelli,
or Sodoma as Bazzi. on the other hand it is
probable that this catalogue will be used very
rarely except by special students, and they will
find no difficulty in the system of nomenclature
adopted. We are less inclined to accept the
policy which has insisted upon the use of a
heavy calendered paper Possibly this was rem
dered more or less Indispensable by the fact that
the illustrations are from half-tone process
blocks but most of would be content with
reproductions slightly inferior for the sake of a
paper more pleasing TO the eye and lighter in
the hand-granting that such paper would have
resulted in illustrations a shade less satisfac-
tory 1t would also have been judicious if some
Of the descriptions in the text had been con-
densed, since with the illustration TO present
full account Of every detail is. TO say the least
superluous- Here We have done with fauItfind-
ing.
OF one point about this publication cannot
speak too highly. Every picture in the collection
is reproduced, and the reproduction IS not only
placed upright upon the page so that it is never
necessary to turn the book round but by the
skilful manipulation of sizes the publishers have
managed to put every picture on the page facing
the entry in the catalogue. This makes the
work more convenient for reference than any
thing Of the kind ever published before; it is,
indeed in this respect, faultless. Then, as to
the text, it may sometimes be, as We have said,
too deliberately descriptive, but in the main it is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-24

just what it ought to be We are told whether
the canvas is signed or not the exact nature Of
the signature is recorded and there are memo
randa to the manner in which the Gallery
acquired the painting whether by bequest or
purchase, with the date. The date of the pict-
ure itself is also given whenever possible In
the case Of some of the works, such as, for ex-
ample, the splendid Jean Arnofni and His
Wife" by Van Eyck the text is expanded to
give useful little history of the various move
ments Of the picture from one collection to an
other Here and there, too, the editor permits
himself a few critical remarks.
Sir Edward Poynter observes in his introduc-
ton that there are only three names of high i'm
portance absent from the catalogue; these are
Albert Durer, Fra Bartolommeo and Vatican
So far as Vatican and the other French painters
of the eighteenth century are concerned one need
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-24
REBUILDNG THE THEATRE PRANCAIS.

Paris correspondence of The London Telegraph
RumOrs We're recently circulated to the effect
that the reconstruction Of the Theatre Francais
could not be finished before the beginning of the
new century. Some people even went 50 far as
throw out jocose or satrical hints to the
slow progress of the works, and to compare il
with the snaillike pace of the rebuilders of the
Opera CCmique who took long years to get the
second lyric playhouse ready for the entertain
ment of the public. There need. however, be no
Of the opera COmique, which We're facetiOuSly
described having been intruSted to a solitary
mason. The rebuilding of the Theatre FrancalS
is proceeding apaCe. but il is true that the play
house will not be ready by the date first speci-
fed by the cOntractOrs-namely, July II. Every
thing. it is expected. Will be ready in the middle
of August. The new stage is nearly completed,
and the ceiling is about to be decorated pro-
visiunaIIy by a painter Until August.
therefore. Exposition visitors will be debarred
from seeing the interior Of the famous old house
OF MOIiere.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-24
THE NATIONAL GALLERY
A CATALOGUE OF THE GREAT LONDON
COLLECTION

me NATIONAL GALLERY. Edited by Sir
d "f 6ITec :, Poynter, P, p A, D, c. l. Lit
IN muer the Sanction and with the Authority OF
trustees Of the National Gallery. In
~ ' &c Volumes. Quarto. Volumes l and IL
pp- \ w sos. (CasseIl & Co. Limited)
IN the preparation Of books on art the Eng
Ish nave only lately begun to rival the French.
Ihey nave, however. in this catalogue Of the
pictures in the National Gallery achieved much
"here no other nation has hitherto accomplished
anything of equal Importance Catalogues Of
Inc great Continental galleries exist. of course.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-07-27
DOVER.

At the annual district school meeting
the budget for the ensuing year as re-
corded by the board amounts to $40, 925
Of this amount Sc, 900 will be expend-
ed for teachers salaries, $3.50 for
janitor, and $1,000 for books, station
cry and supplies.
The Rev. E. Morris Ferguson, Gen.
Sec. of the N. J. State Sunday
School Association preached in the
Presbyterian church in Dover last
Sunday morning; in the afternoon he
presided at conference of the Sunday
School workers, in the evening a
union meeting was held at which Mr..
FERGUSON delivered most interesting
and helpful address.
Business has increased so at the
telephone Office that another switch
board has been placed in operation.
A number of changes have been made
in the officials Of the Richardson and
Boynton Stove Works, owing to the
death of its president, Frederick B.
Richardson. Henry T. Richardson,
formerly Treasurer, was made Presi-
dent, August Richardson remains as
Vice President, Dwight S. Richardson,
formerly Secretary, was made Treas
urer and Superintendent W. L. r. Lynd,
was made Secretary.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-07-27

HANOVER.

Mrs. James r. Mead spent last week
with her d tughter, Mrs. Frank Garlic
of Madison.
Mrs. David Hopping has been enter
tanning her cousin, Miss Schoeneck. OF
Brooklyn.
Miss Myers, Miss Westervelt and
the Misses McCaskee, who have been
the guests for week of Mr.. and Mrs.
H. @. Steinhoff, have returned to their
home at West Hoboken.
The Changers are now busy working
for their picnic. Fhe general com
mittee is as follows: Chairman, Mr.
George DeCamp, of Roseland; Trea-
surer, Mr.. H. w. Harrison, Livingston ;
Secretary, Mr.. Charles E. Dryer.
Mrs. Thomas J. Ward is visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. W. W. Wester-
Welt, of Woodcliff, n J.
Rev. J. J. Coale, of Toms River, N.
J. occupied tine pulpit Of the Hanover
Presbyterian Church again last Sun
day.
Charles W. Beach has just purchased
a handsome new rubber tired buggy.
Members of Whippany Council, J. o.
u. A. NJ, which disbanded, have
Joined the Council here.
Mrs. H. S. Mead and children are
spending a week with Mrs. Emory
Myers, at Boonton.
The Misses Rea and Caro- Cook, who
have been visiting friends at Mamaro-
neck, N. r, returned this week.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-07-27
RockAWAY.

Miss Mable Yunger has returned
from her visit in Newark
Miss Bessie Taylor, of Brooklyn, is
visiting Mrs William Gerard.
Peter Kelley, of Stanhope, visited
relatives here on Sunday.
The Rockaway 2. B. @. will play
at Franklyn Furnace Saturday.
Wallace Pierce, Clearance Beach,
George Downs, Horace Beach, Condit
Brown and Robert Smith are camping
at Green Pond
Miss Jennie Blanchard has returned
home after spending several days at
Brooklyn.
Dewitt Meyers has accepted a posi-
ton with the Metropolitan Life Insur-
ance Co. at Dover.
Sydo Thompson, who is staying at
Lake Hopatcong for the summer, was
home Friday and Saturday.
Elmer Courier, of Newark, spent
Sunday with his parents.
Miss Lilly Talmadge, of Morristown,
is visiting her parents here.
Mrs. Fred Schott has returned from
her visit at Alton.
Miss Edith McGrath is spending
two weeks with friends at Alton.
The Presbyterian Church has voted
to raise 81, 600 to build an addition
to the church. The addition will be
an alcove back of the pulpit, for the
choir and for the organ, which was
presented to the church by the Presby-
erian congregation of Dover.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Gee have
returned from a visit in Passaic.
Gordon Buchanan, of Brooklyn, is
visiting his grandmother, Mrs. Sarah
Sturtevant.
Mrs. William Sherman is the guest
of Mrs. Oscar Jennings.
Miss Carrie Force, of Brooklyn, is
visiting Miss Nellie Bolitho
Mr.. Miller, of Chester, is visiting
his son, John Fl. Miller.
Misses Hilda Johnson, Bertha Shaw
ger and Mile Kitchell are spending
two weeks at Ocean Grove.
On Tuesday George Ellis, of Hiber-
MIA, while riding on wood wagon,
fell off and was instantly killed, the
wagon passing over his body. Acting
Coroner Gage viewed the remains,
and deemed an inquest unnecessary.
Miss Edith George is spending a
week at Ocean Grove.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-07-27
BERNARDSvlLLE.

Prof. Livingston Barbour appears
at the Somerset Inn Casino Friday
evening, July 81, at $50 under the
auspices of the Junior Epworth
League The Somerset Inn Orchestra
WI be in attendance.
Evang elistic services will be held
in the Bernardsville M. e. church,
Sept to 10. Rev. Thos. Houston,
the blind evangelist, will assist the
pastor, Rev. DR.. Judd.
Rev. r. M. Wood, assistant rector
of st. Demands Episcopal church
preached his initial sermon last
Sunday morning.
Bernardsville is to have a Choral
Society under the direction of Jesse
Il. Hedden, of Newark.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Clawson and
daughter Queenie, of Mt Vernon, N.
Y, spent Sunday at the Methodist
parsonage.
A donation will be held at Mine
Mount school house. Friday evening,
August 10.
Miss Wilson and daughter Helen of
Newark have been been visiting at the
home of M. Gaust,
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LOCAL RELIGIOUS NEWS.
GB- Pastors will please send in their
religious notices not later than Tuesday
of each week.

CY Pastors will please send in their
religious notices not later than Tuesday
of each week.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Glass meeting $50 A. M Public service
mick, d. d. president of Centenery Collegiate
Institute at Hackettstown, at 10 80 A. M.
and 7.30 P. M. Sunday School .2.45 P. M. Ep-
worth League Vesper Service $50 p M.
Prayer meeting Thursday evening.
BAPTIST CHURCH
Divine worship with preaching by the pastor
at 10 80 A. M. and 1902. m. Evening topic ;
Double Possibilities Angel or Demon.
645 p nj. Thursday evening Prayer Meeting
at z. 40.
SOUTH STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Sunday service, morning and evening. The
Rev. Paul Erdman will preach. Sunday
School at p NJ. Y. P. S. G. E. at Las P. M.
Thursday s p NJ, mid-week prayer meeting.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Preaching in morning at 0.3O and afternoon
at $3.50, by Rev. Geo. B. Stewart, ID, d. Presi-
dent of Auburn Theological Seminary.
ST. PETERS CHURCH.
Seventh Sunday after Trinity. Early Gel
ebration 30 A. M. Morning Prayer 9; 4b A; M 4;
Liteny Sermon and Choral Celebration 1880
A. M. Evening Prayer 800 2. M.
BAPTIST CHAPEL. WATER ST.
ing by Rev. Norman Fox, d. d. Sunday
School 2.45 P. M. Christian Endeavor Socie ty
Friday evening
CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER.
Seventh Sunday after Trinity July end Nor
ming Prayer and Sermon 1890 A. M. Even
ing Prayer p. M.
MARKET STREET MISSION,
Regular evening service at 7,45 All are well
come.
Sunday service, 73C. All cordially invited.
CHURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION.
Masses on Sunday at $50 and $50 a. M
high mass at 1913 a. M. Benediction at p. m
Sunday school at y. M.
A. NJ. e. CHURCH.
Quarterly Meeting will be held Sunday. July
20 0 80 A. M, Love Feast. 3 P. M. preaching.
100 p. M. preaching.
ST. MARGARET's CHAPEL
Masses on Sunday at Z. 80 and 9.30a M.
SCANDINAVIAN LUTHERAN SERVICE.
Scandinavian Lutheran service will be neld
every Wednesday evening at s. 10 in the lecture
room of the Church of the Redeemer. Good
music and singing will be rendered. All
Scandinavians are invited.
svENsK PRADlKAN.
Every Wednesday evening at S.l5 in the
First Presbyterian chapel. Rev. j H. Dahlgren
will preach. All Scandivanians invited.
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He WINS Admitted.

Fortunately when red tape comes in
contact with common sense it is red
tape which goes to the wall A good
story is told of a military official who
devised a system which compelled ev.
cry one who went ON business to Cen
eral Banks to procure a ticket from IL
member of the staff, the presentation
Of which at the door gained his admis-
sion. One day a burly colonel came to
the door of the private office at head
quarters and requested that his name
be given to the general.
Have you ticket" he was asked
"a ticket" echoed the colonel, with
scorn. no, sir, | haven't"
"You can't enter here without one"
was the reply.
Sir said the colonel, when Gen
eral Banks becomes a puppet show,
and have % cents to spare, I'll buy a
ticket to see him, not before" He was
admitted
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-07-27
A sERENADE OF WOLVES.
How One Was Started In the Ma
tiOnaI Zoo at Washington.

How One Was Started In the Ma
tioDal Zoo at Washington.
In The Century Ernest Seton-Thomp-
son, who used to be known as "Wolf"
Thompson from his familiarity with
this particular form of wild animal,
tells how he started a wolf serenade at
the National ZOO in Washington.
While making these notes among the
animals of the Washington ZOO used
to go at all hours to see them. Late
one evening l sat down with some
friends by the wolf cages in the light
of a full moon. / said, Let US see
whether they have forgotten the music
of the west" l put up my hands to
my mouth and howled the hunting
song of the pack. The first to respond
was a coyote from the plains. He re-
membered the wild music that used to
mean pickings for him. He put up his
muzzle and zap yapped' and howled.
Next an old wolf from Colorado came
running out, looked and listened ear
nestly and, raising her snout to the
proper angle, she took up the wild
strain. Then all the others came run
ming out and joined in, each according
to his voice, but all singing that wild
wolf hunting song, bowling and yell
ing, rolling and swelling high and low,
in the cadence of the hills
They sang me their song of the west, the west;
They set all my feelings aglow
They stirred up my heart with their artless art
And their song Of the long ago.
Again and again they raised the cry
and sang in chorus till the whole moon
lit wood around was ringing with the
grim refrain-until the inhabitants in
the near city must have thought all
the beasts broken loose. But at length
their clamor died away, and the wolves
returned, skunk back to their dens, 81
lently, sadly, thought, as though they
realized that they could indeed join in
the hunting song as of old. but their
hunting days We're forever done.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-07-27
WHY SHE DIDN'T SING.
Superstition Kept Her From Becom-
ing Prima Donna.

superstition Kept Her FROM BeCOnn"
ing IA Prima Donna.
II have come across a great deal Of
fooIishness of varying degrees and
kinds in my life said the man who
teaches singing, but in all my born
days l never before met anybody as
hopelessly feeble minded as young
woman / have been taking an interest
n lately. Shetis a stenographer by oc-
cupation, and | happened to hear her
hum a popular song one day when l
was in her employers office. OF course
the production of her tones was all
wrong, but her voice was as soft as
velvet and big and deep and clear as a
cathedral bell. 1t was a voice such as
teacher doesn't get a chance to work
on twice in lifetime.
II went to her and asked her to let
me try her voice. 1t proved to be bet
ter than | had hoped. 1t was magnifi-
cent wanted her to begin studying
at once. She had no money, but l
didn't want money for bringing out
voice like that. She hadn't much time
either, and she told me she was too
tired to sing in the evenings after
working all day. told her to get up
early and practice an hour or two be-
fore breakfast. l thought she looked
odd when / told her to do it, but she
didn't say she wouldn't.
Weeks passed, and her method con-
tinued as bad as ever. l couldn't I'M
derstand it. Each lesson found her
just where the preceding one left her.
At last one day / asked her if she were
she wouldn't practice before breakfast
flushed and then broke down. She
said she hadn't dared to sing before
breakfast because it is bad luck.
"'Sing before you eat, cry before
you Sleep is the saying, and that idiot
of a girl believed it SO implicitly that
she wouldn't practice before breakfast
even for the sake of that glorious voice
of hers, and as before breakfast was
the only time she had to practice the
result was-well l gave her up. She'll
live and die a stenographer when she
might be a prima DONNA and it will
serve her precisely right. She has sac
rificed her future to an idiotic super
stition. Washington Post.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-07-27
M EN- DIAM.

Miss Sadie Freeman is visiting
friends in Jersey City. sgEFa
A fair for the benefit of the Fresh
Air Fund was held on Wednesday at
the residence of Mrs. Thomas Nesbitt.
Fancy articles and cake and cream
were on sale. The proceeds amounted
about forty five dollars. Miss Helen
Smith, small maiden, of seven sum-
mers contributed two dollars which
she had earned by selling articles
all of her own manufacture.
DIR. Herbert Noble and family, of
Jamaica, T.. L., are guests of Mrs.
Noble.
Rev. Mr.. Jackson, of Jersey City,
gave an interesting talk on Missions
IN China in the M. E. Church last
Sunday evening and Mrs. Abbey, a re-
turned missionary from Marking,
spoke in the Presbyterian Church on
the same subject giving an account
of her work in that place.
Mrs. J. Y. Burnett and wife of
Bayonne, are being entertained by
Mrs. M. Robinson.
Mr.. Maurice Cramer, of New
York is spending vacation with
his parents in this place.
Miss Gillespie, of Newark, is the
guest of Mrs. E. l.. Garabrant.
Frank Dean spent last Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Duke Baldwin. &.
:. Mr.. ana Mrs. E. L. Garabrant were
entertained on Sunday at Lake Hopat-
cong by Mr.. and Mrs. John Aldred.
Mrs Martha Quimby has rented
her cottage for the season to party
of young ladies.
Mr.. Robertson, of Somerville. spent
Wednesday as the guest of r. HI.
Thompson.
William McMurty, of Somer-
vile, former resident of this place,
was buried at Hill Top on Monday.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-07-27
ADVERTISED LETTERS.

At the Morristown postoffice, July
"a, 1900: When calling for these let
ters say you saw them advertised. !"
William Authore,
Miss Alice P. Baker,
Mrs. H. H. Baker
Francis M. Bacon, Jr.,
The Misses Barclay,
William Billups,
W. A. Burton,
Miss Lille Caudeville,
Mrs. ia ues Coyle,
Patrick Derkin,
Miss Henrietta Feuss,
Nicola Grabbiele,
NJ O. Gregory,
Miss Lena Hawkins,
Mrs. Hoyns,
Mrs. Mary jackson,
Frank Jollart,
Miss Maria Kline,
S. H. Nissan,
Mrs. Lura Del Mayhem,
Carmene Monaco,
Miss Annie O'Keefe,
Mrs. Annabelle Paul
George v. Pruden,
Mrs. w. K. Reeve,
W. Sayers,
Miss Lizzie Shinnick
Emily Spiegel,
Miss Anstee Turner,
Mrs. Ed. Van Duyne,
Miss Lulu Geek
.-..4-~aasss..
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-07-27
The sleenlesa seven.

"There were seven of the 12," said
one of the discharged jurors in speak
ing Of the matter next morning, "who
didn't want to sleep themselves and
wouldn't let the rest of us sleep. When
ever we dropped into doze, they came
around and shook us till we were wide
awake again"
"And you had to submit l suppose,
for they constituted the majority?"
Eyes, they were the rousing MAORI
ty," said the hollow eyed juror, with
a pensive attempt to be facetious.-C
cago Tribune.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-07-27

The pronouns IT" and "my" are
greatly to be avoided in general con-
versation. Il" do this or that; my
children are so and so; my" cook,
my" house, my" equipages- such
iteration sets terribly on the nerves of
the listener, besides being in very bad
form.-New York Tribune.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-07-27

Cuba has more than $4,000 negroes
who speak the Spanish tongue and
who are as benighted as when they or
their ancestors arrived from Africa, be-
sides another 100000 or 100000 who
are more advanced.