New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-11-04
GOSSIP IN BROOKLYN.


fountain in the small park IN front of the Borough
Hail. A week ago employees OF the Department
took up the Gamma plants which have bor6ered the
fountain for large part OF the summer. and re-
placed them with chrysanthemum plants. The
chrysanthemums are in bloom and show number
OF varieties and eolors. Brooklyn has never before
known public downtown chrysanthemum show.
and the sight attracted good deal of attention on
Friday and Saturday
Considerable trouble is always taken to keep this
little park, which is the front yard of the Borough
Hail and around which the life OF the borough turns
in good condition II is always place of beauty and
@ JOY for the eye except when the covering of
snow renders the skill OF the gardner of no avail
From the earliest spring. when the buds
come pushing up through the snow until late in
the fan. when the repeated frosts have blasted
every living thing there is a constant variety Of
p,a.its and flowers artistically arranged and well
cared for. which the eye OF the busy
urn for moments relief he hurries by in the
n 3-t Of care The lawn is always green and fresh
a~L smooth a piece OF velvet So long have
thee7 ondi;icns existed that the average Brooklyn
IT. n50ys them unconsciously and rarely gives them
r-e-sh; as he passes. Were the park abolished
however. il would be sadly missed. Many years ago
#ark extended much further than ii does now.
s5. R-as surrounded by an iron fence. Then there
IS and benches. But some stupid Board OF
80 Up 4 broad. dreary waste Of fagstones
r.HE -hci- PAGES forming plaza for which there
no real need and in which there was no beauty.
l.---t1l ltttie park was established
Friends OF q certain weil-known lawyer tell
irc -50d story about HIM illustrate how total
g. 0earre5 to in the issues Of the campaign poll
.54~ becomes II this time The in question
g. George T Elliot. prominent member Of the
Simpson Methodist Church. and active worker
a-- jealous speaker for the Republican party
80 long ago his wife insisted upon his at
r--srr n Wedding in the Tweuty-third Ward, al
though ne was scheduled to speak at campaign
meeting s.. after The ceremony. he congratulated
IT, bride ard hurried away 10 'whoop 'er up for
AZ hinlay and Roosevelt As soon as possible he
returned 10 The wedding supper. Various friends
e re called upon to speak and Mr. Elliott was
uot forgotten He started n by giving some of
tie usual advice. considered he the thing for
newly married couples, Then. in explaining why
~ vas obliged to go away for q part OF the even
ing MS campaigr fervor seized upon him. and in
= minute he had launched upon a oulogv Of McI[n-
Icy and Roosevelt and piea for their election
HIS auditors naturally surprised but applaud
Einoi5 was Surprised himself at his remarks. and
some OF MS friends said IL was the best campaign
speech he had ever made
People in the vicinity of the Borough Hall on
Thursday afternoon had their attention attracted
TO clever advertising device AS their eyes turned
up instinctvely 10 the clock tower. there. waving
CareIessly in the air. a big sheet. upon which
was the following inscription: Go to --
e. The -- Theatre" Apparently this huttering
faUntlng sign was being sustained by some mys-
FERROUS power. There IT foated almost in front
OF big tower. which served as an excellent
background. Curiosity aroused one saw floating
high up in the air series Of kites. From one part
Of the cord hoated American flag. The eye
following down the line. soon saw that the white
va ats9 aA5rel,eo 70 me me eoru. ne aP
opposite side of Fulton-st Il worked well for
10 De reeled in
Everybody agrees that Michael J. Dady, the
chairman OF the Kings County Republican Cam
paign Committee has a forceful personality but
he has never been given 10 public speaking. How
ever in q burst Of enthusiasm a short time after
returning from Havana he declared that he would
60 the stump. and he has kept his promise. On
last Thursday night he invaded the Twelfth Ward
and spoke in Visitation Hall Some years ago
Republican who dared proclaim himself there was
n danger of assault and battery. Recently
there q parade before the meeting; five hum
dred men Eere in line and not brickbat was
Republicanism has on things down that way" said
Nj Dady yesterday.
Conductors on the streetcars in Brooklyn have
quite keen sense Of humor those the
cars in Manhattan. An italian woman boarded
Court-st car the other day and gave the con-
duot0r fve-dollar bill. out Of which 70 take her
fare. She smiled and he scowled- Then he went
Pret-y soon he came hack with tWa handfuis If
Pennies and five and ten cent pieces and emptied
ably Jared. but the conductor looked pleased
What are called red undertakers' wagons have
made their appearance in Brooklyn. They not
s-rking'y red however. but rather deep maroon
and somewhat cheerful looking than the
Conventional black wagons which are so familiar
Professor William H Goodyear curator Of fine
arts the Brooklyn institute spent month last
sumner in Paris for the special purpose Of study
ing features OF the Exposition, and in lectures his
oi-e-vat lions viii be forth length. Professor
Goodyear thinks that far the Chicago Fair
j. the Paris Fair far surpasses II, both
II quantity and quality. and that another point Of
superiority in the coloring OF the buildings in
Guiding only the exhibition buildings proper,
BIT also the countless restora tons of ancient
s1res-z and ancient buildings. Ike those Of odd
Fa-" and the tons of Oriental streets and
Buildings such as are found In the Colonial section
q me Trocadero. The Professor says that among
tI= exhibits OF the least important. and
ra1ca The largest. is that Of recent French paint
f-cs TIE most important art exhibit. in his judg
en- however is that Of the French school Of 1880,
EoLe ne exhibit Of paintings from TIE Tinted
SUPERIOR . that Of most countries and not inferior
- any. always excepting the retrospective exhibit
q the French school of 1880
Ey-Nayor Charles A. Scheren. according to some
C: his trends. had unpleasant encounter with
the te--ors OF the East New-York elevated loop"
SON 5a,s ago The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com
Par s-ys hat the loop is good thing but no
arguments can persuade Mr.. schleren to that view
a -Ae Improvement AS is well known. the
ra.rs the Kings County Elevated Rail-
rnaG -aa r1n around q loop al Vesta-ave and Full
tpa-st 10 Broadway and return TO the Bridge by
Tay ~ ne Lexington-ave- line. Persons desiring
T. n OK fUrther on the line the Kings County
az --sed 70 change at the loop" Now, 1t
57rr hat Mr.. Schieren had heard OF this
change. ~, any rate. had had any experience
VIII The order Of things. On the night OF
Ntiea We speak Mr. Schieren had an engagement
- speak q large Republican meeting in
East York He left his Clinton-ave, home at
a. early hour IN order be in plenty OF time. At