Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-21
GOSSIP FROM GOTHAM
Program for the Opening Of the Hall
of Fame.
FOR 4 NATIONAL ART GALLERY
About 1900 Divorces Granted An
nuaIIy in New York.
SENATOR DEPEW's OFFICES
special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

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| NEW YORK May 90 1901.
The program for TIE ceremonies at
| tendant upon the opening Of the Hall
| of Fame, which will occur on Me
| mortal day, has been substantially de-
| cided upon. When the tablets are unveiled
| the ceremony will begin with the states
mems corner. the two representatives Of
! each organization taking part taking their
| places at either end of the national flag
| which covers the tablet. The person Sc
| lected to be the spokesman or dean for that
| particular section will make a statement
or address of from three to five minutes in
| length. Afterward, upon a signal by the
| playing of a national air by the band, all
| the bronze tablets of that particular Sec
| ton will be unveiled at the same time
| One person is invited to act as dean or
| spokesman for each of the seven sections.
| For the statesmen's corner Lieut.. Gen.
John M Schotield, U. S. A, retired, will
| act as dean. For the jurists section Ed
mund Wetmore of this city. president of
| the American Bar Association, will act as
dean and also unveil the tablet to Chief
| Justice John Marshall. The dean for the
soldiers and sailors section has not yet
| been appointed. The central section, des
| ignated septimi or seventh, and designed
to include all names not belonging in the
other six, will have for it's dean j. l.. NJ.
Curry Of Washington, who will unvel the
tablet Of George Peabody. The scientists
| section has for it's dean Robert H. Thurs
ton, director of Sibley College, Cornell Uni
versity, who will unveil the tablet to Eli
Whitney. The dean of the teachers sec
ton will be j. NJ Greene of Trenton, presi-
dent of the National Educational Associa-
ton, who, with c. J. Baxter, superintend-
ent of public instruction in New Jersey,
will unveil the tablet to Horace Mann. One
Of the representatives of the Normal Col
lege will be appointed dean of the authors
section. Invitations to the exercises will
be mailed this week.
Francis Towards Art Gallery Scheme.
Francis Howard, who is actively engaged
in movement to establish in Washington
a national art gallery modelled upon the
| lines of the National Gallery of London,
is in the city and will sail for Europe next
Wednesday on the Oceanic. He is much
encouraged by his visit to this country.
He has seen and talked with Secretary
Hay, and carries with him from Mr.. Hay
a circular letter of introduction to all
American ambassadors and ministers
abroad. He goes to inspect minutely the
various national art galleries of Europe.
He said that his work was advancing sat
isfactory.
1T is slow work. he added, but it
will succeed in time. ! see that it is OBJ
jected to by some small galleries and deal
ers, who fear that it will injure them.
There is such possibility. Again. some
malcontents think that want 1t to ad
vance personal ends That is absurd US
it will be impossible to have the pictures
of any living artist hung in the gallery.
The proposed gallery will have a constitu-
ton much the same as the National Cal
lery in London, with the addition, posi-
bly,, of art school and provision for
transitory exhibitions. In the of
my talk with Secretary Hay he assured me
that If we could present to the officials of
the government some well digested scheme,
with assurance that under favorable con-
ditions We could carry 1t through, he had
no doubt the President would send a mess
age to Congress on the matter urging that
be given assistance. That is all
need Just now, and We shall go ahead per-
fecting our arrangements
The War on Ragtime.
New York musicians will not take part
in the war declared ragtime by the
American Federation Of Musicians at its
recent meeting. Members of the federation
asserted that ragtime "unmusical rot"
and that they would do all in their power
to suppress 1t. New York composers and
orchestra conductors, while not expressing
great admiration for the double synco-
pated' music, say they treat it the same
other melodies. The only place where
any feeling was shown regarding the fede-
ration's action was along the Vaudeville
Rialto' in East 18th street. The men stars
who stroll about that thoroughfare in
favor of ragtime. Julius P. Witmark of
the firm of NJ. Witmark & Sons. music
publishers who have turned out hundreds
of ragtime songs, says:
There is no need to make war on rag
time music. The demand for it is on the
wane, and it Is likely to be replaced in
public favor by high-class ballad music. A
pretty story welded to pretty music makes
a hit
Senator Depew's Many Offices.
According to the directory of directors
in the city of New York, for 1901, issued
by the Audit Company Of New York, Sena-
tor Depew is a director or trustee in
seventy-one companies, fifty-one Of which
are railroad companies, and seven banks
or trust companies. John D. Rockefeller is
credited with being director of only three
companies and John d. Rockefeller jr,
director of three companies and a trustee
Of the University Of Chicago. William
Rockefeller is included in the directorate of
twenty-five companies. James Stillman,
president of the National City Bank. APP
pears a director in twelve other banks
and trust companies, and In twenty-eight
corporations of a different character. Will
liam K. Vanderbilt Is named as director
in thirty nine railroad companies and nine
other companies Frederick w. Vanderbilt
is a director in thirty-five companies, of
which thirty are railroad companies, while
Cornelius Vanderbilt appears as a director
in only two companies, neither of them be-
ing railroad company, and trustee in
one other company. DR.. w. Seward Web5's
name is in the directorate of twenty-one
companies, and Col John Jacob Astor APP
pears In sixteen.
New YOrk's Divorce Record.
One thousand uncontested actions for
absolute divorce, separation and annulment
Of marriage are decided every year by the
justices Of the supreme court in New York
county alone. There are probably 200 con-
tested actions disposed of annually in open
court and as many more determined on the
reports of referees, of which five-sixths are
in reality uncontested. DEGREES are granted
In about 70 per cent of these cases. The
Grass Widows Matinee" as special term
part g. of the supreme court Is commonly
termed, deals with no divorce actions but
those which are uncontested. and they are
only tried on Wednesdays. The procedure
in uncontested divorce suits is simple. The
plaintiff swears to the marriage, a photo
graph of the defendant is identified by one
or more witnesses, as he or she is usually
an absentee from the court; testimony Is
given to the infidelity alleged, and the
trial ends with proof that the defendant
was served with the summons and COM
plant and that no answer or demurrer has
been interposed. The evidence is generally
followed by immediate decree. Many
lawyers and judges have asked that fed
eral legislation be inaugurated to put a