The Jersey City news., 1901-05-02
NO CHARTER FOR PUZZLE
Concern With Queerest Of
Objects Refused a Ger
tifcate by Secretary
Of State.
Especial to .The Jersey city News."l

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TRENTON May 2, lsol.-Queer things
sometimes drift into the office of the
Secretary Of State, but one of the queer
est that has found its way there in many
day was a certificate purporting to in-
corporate THE Ideal Cosmopolitan Art
Salons, University-C Colleges and Perma-
nent World-Fair Institutes. "
The certificate apparently had it's origin
somewhere in Tennessee, and before he
had read through half it's twenty closely
typewriter pages, Mr.. Brooke heartily
wished It had never seen any other State
While purporting to be incorporated un-
der the act for associations not formed
for pecuniary' profit the certificate auth
orized the carrying on of multifarious en-
terprises, including banking houses and
financial agencies of every kind.
The charter was like whirlwind of
dictionaries all let loose at the same mo-
ment, and it completely staggered both
Assistant Secretary of State Hickey and
Mr.. Brooke. The particular objects of
, the corporation are succinctly summed
up in the following paragraph
ITO establish, equip, conduct, maintain
and perpetuate a complete system of di-
dactic and emporetic institutes, collect
lively federating the same into an ideal
cosmopolitan republic of education, ex-
position and art, for aesthetic, intellectual
and social culture and festivity, consti-
tuting a group of Institutes for subject
lessons, precept lessons and object les
sons (kindergarten-like available to and
for all nations and people for all time, and
for all other kindred objects herein more
fully set FORTH
This was pretty good for starter, but
1t was like primer to what followed.
Here is another outburst culled at ram
dom from the objects set FORTH
'The organization and federation of q
select body of eminent comprehensfveists
experts, specialists and savants, as lead
ing men and women of the age, represent
ing every. important branch of the
multi-diversifted phases of the liumanities
of civilized life, forming an eminent cos
mopolitan association such as shall fur
nish the talent of and for an eminent pro-
fessional staff, competent to conduct and
manage a vast group of didactic, indus
trial, manufactured technical, economic,
enporetic. practical and empiric insti-
tutes. for the promotion of the broadest
possible technical, ractical, manual, pro-
4CSSioLdi, SCiSitidi, liiiC, ilbCtot eilio Use
full art-education and exposure of the
present and future ages"
This seemed to confer powers even
more extraordinary than those enjoyed
by the monster steel trust which paid
over 100000 for its charter and the State
could not afford to bestow such privileges
for a paltry four dollar note, so the char
ter was sent back unified to it's birth
place in Tennessee, 1t has previously
been recorded. however, by the clerk Of
Hudson county.
Levi w. Boyer of New York was appar
entity the chief promoter of the concern,
as il was provided that he was to be for
unlimited time secretary and quaes-
ger of the Institutes and treasury depart
nent. The other trustees chosen were:
Henry Z. Cooper and I4innie S. Toms of
Knoxville. Tenn; Louis B. Cooper and
Victoria s. Boyer of New York.