New-York tribune., 1902-07-27

gradually In the last few months. so that now
! Feeling that things were IN such shape that ne
6reatsnger decided to take ''e much needed qest'
While he is away he intends forget trolleys and
| urbanite.
Almost the last strenuous work done by Presl-
dent Greatsinger was In attaching his name to
| bonds worth several hundred thousand dollars a
part Of the $lJ0GO,000 issue which was authorized
by the directors some months ago. He was at this
work almost constantly for several days and de-
ciared 1t more arduous solving the congestion
problem at the Manhattan terminal OF the bridge
| c. D. Meneeey. the genial and hustIing secretary
and treasurer also called on 10 sign the bonds
developed writer's cranp which almost laid
him up. Mr.. Meneeley IS another man whose de-
earned vacation viii get away Hs this summer? MS'
not We are altogether TOO bnsv here e ei aIo guess @
70 take vacation" Busy as he Is however Mr.
friend and he is % one Sf the most s4 stSR popaP SG
officials of the company.
Alterations and improvements are under Wa, at
the Brooklyn Club. Pierrepont and Clinton sts
which. while not extensive as at first planned
Will be greatly appreciated ny the members AL
though the Brooklyn Club is one OF the oldest md
most exclusive organizations of it's kind in the
borough, its clubhouse is small and severely plsln
poth architecturally and in its furnishings. This
mas been subject of comment to strangers who
nave wondered that il compared SO unfavorably
II this respect with the Hamilton Union League
Montauk and other clubs of less age and prestige
needed at Se f8r BrooKn tine n that room
aIawn for an enlargement OF the entire building
i entirely for the present The work now being done
W. Wh increase the size Of the dining room double
ts PreSeIt capacity, Will increase the size OF and
improve the kitchen. and provide new costroon @
$4,000 is being spent in the work '''' ''' ABOUT
Although the Crescent Athletic Club is dis
tinctively young mems organization II b.s re
Gently increased rs
10 LOO. and i'm the future may compete I'm a meas
ure with the Brooklyn Club The Crescent club
now owns the choice piece OF property diaRonaII,
across from the Brooklyn Club and intends to
build structure it which will surpass ANYTHING
completed three Years from ls ast PHidng will be
lease on the present IN enoS MaS when the
new bndFhs b5nHdFhs to 10 be not that after the
may be increased TO 1900.
Ihieves In Brooklyn nowadays are not only in
dustrious. but ingenious A truck was driven re-
Gently to the home OF living in Ocean
Hill early in the afternoon. suave young man
in charge Of IL said addressing the woman BY
name, that her husband had ordered a lounge to
be sent TO her. and he wished to deliver IT, The
declared that her husband had told her
nothing about it, and that IL must be a mistake
The young man insisted, however, that 1t was no
mistake. that the lounge had been paid for and
The woman 10 IN 9bey b P 1ebverng It,
be all right. especially az there nothing to pay
bring the lounge into the house and place il i'm
the hall After they left she went upstairs.
About hour afterward the suave young man
returned with his assistant, and. with many apollo
gies. explained that he had made a mistake after
all, that the lounge had been bought by man
of a somewhat similar name, but of a different adj
dress and that he would take it away and deliver
it TO the right person. The lounge was then
carted Off
Soon after the truck drove away the woman dis
hat Ii,abIa rlO fav
missing from a room the parlor floor AS she
had been alone In the house before the lounge was
delivered, and had the clothing and jewelry
in the room short time before. she naturally de-
cded that her visitors could solve the mystery
of their disappearance If they chose to do After
consulting with friends 1t appears that solution
of the problem lay in the fact that the lounge
of well known variety, which, when opened
have hollow interior. large enough to hold
small man and afford space in which TO stow away
snugly jewelry and fine clothing 1t Is said this
game has been successfully but quietly played in
several streets OF Brooklyn recently.