New-York tribune., 1902-07-08
PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC EYE.

profassor George Barker Stevens. OF the fale
Divinity School. received the degree o. H, DT-eo -
Laws at the recent commencement OF tho
of Rochester He was one OF the speakers at tIS
t1t dIrner and in the course OF his address to1d
eeveraI entertaining anecdotes or MS coHSaeu0a
the world OF education which caused q sieN1 -
% amusement among his hearers IN tno SO--S'
- his sneech he mentioned the fact that faIe mas
-, baar accused of an arrogant provincialsm hy
o,,a ~ her sister colleges II remember. sald ne
Lthst once when President Dwight was at 'he hsa1
~ vale ne was asked to lead IN prayer a soHie
u.,o,. Gathering In Boston Among his hearers
as PRESIDENT Eliot OF Harvard. President Dwight
ended his supplication by repsauPg se sg f51oVss T
Prayer and spoke Es5ven Se1 as it is on EARTH AT
IN ylSse %ii Of the meeting President Eliot OF Harvard
little lame on the Lords Prayer He pvt ss ssTts
ahead OF heaven DIG you notrs osttfrssntion 70 H. That's
the way they are taught TO say DOWN a. "e"-
Haven"
Astronomy has always been strongly represented
IN the American Association for the Advancement
OF Science OF nineteen surviving ex-presidents o.
mat orpanizatIon four-Newcomb. Langley, Young
and Harkness-have been distinguished by their con
trbutions to stellar science. The man who presided
over this years meeting, held IN Pittsours TINS
week was Asaph Hall, the discoverer or the moons
OF Mars Al the time OF that rather sensatlonal
achievement august, 1S10 he was attached 70 the
United States Naval Observatory, though OF Iats
years he has been professor OF astronomy Al Ha1-
ward Two circumstances lent specisl inereSS ,SSo 70
dninutive size. 1t is estimated that they are only
six and seven miles N diameter sL.,S
s remarkahe aGt is that ,g one ne o. 5sae; 5R9
in about one-third OF the time reqqirS1a tOt i n
rotation of the latter on its axis Il Mas @ y one M
Of their moons in the and the other in the
east.
MascagnI. at his recent visit TO Madrid u con-
duct the gala operatic performance at the corona
ton had a strange experience that nsrrowN
escaped being extremely humthat1ng ore ne
arrived at the Spanish capital in anticipation OF
great popular triumph and with feeling Oh COM
placency Although his arrival had been duly an
nounced by telegraph he found no one TO mee@
him at the railroad station. Thinking that this
was due 10 some oversight. the composer took
cab to his hotel. where he had already engaged
a room AS he entered, the proprietor and the
porter and all the servants looked the other way
till finally somebody growled that he must seek
accommodations elsewhere-they had nothing tor
him. BY this time thoroughly aroused. Mascasnl
threatened them with the law, when they tooA
him TO a wretched closet in the top story, Vhich
he could have for $50 day. Still In the dark aS
to what IL all meant. he answered a knock at inc
door and was confronted by an employe OF ."o
Ministry OF Public Instruction. who informed him
in the chilliest tones that his services were not
required in Madrid. that his contract with ths
government cancelled, and that he had better
take the next train out OF Madrid When the myS-
titled musician began 10 ask the meaning or Il AL
the SPaniard turned on his heel and walked out on.
not one answered. He spent a sleepless night try
morning brought the explanation, The friends ap-
peared in a body. but with the coolest possible
manner and without saying a word After a IoH5
and painful pause. one of them burst out with.
You wrote the HYMN TO Admiral Dewey, the 0e-
stroyer of the spanish heety' II was then Eos
difficult for Mascagni to iemOlsh this absurd
spaniards embraced the com3ossr and officials
tions.
Judge Pennypacker's willingness 10 accept the
Republican nomination for Governor is OF tho
most remarkable events OF Pennsylvania politics
1t is the first time that he has consented 70
run for office The passion OF his life is that
OF an anttquary. He Is of the most earnest
investigators OF Pennsylvania history 10 be found
IN the country. His history OF Germantown weh'
out OF print in eleven days and advanced from the
first selling price of So SIS His library OF Penn
sylvania history is not equalled by any other pr
vate collection in the State. and in many respects
II exceeds that possessed by the PennsyNahlN
Historical Society. He has never had the slsnt-
est sympathy with anything that savored OF pol-
tics Only a few days ago he explained his aeceP'-
ance OF the nomination by saying: I DON'T "aA-
II: realize that 1t viii prevent me from wriSnSS i1S
or studying during my whole term OF odiSS sS a. a.
least what has been one OF the greatest pleasures
or my ufe-hiStorical investigation But FSnlSJ.
this Union. and to be rendered what means PEaS--
ueaIy M the election TO its GoveT90IshP i rs an 10 Snl
SeiI and unpatriotic TO his state How H1oS Ho,ies rs
is best Illustrated by an incident that occurred
three days before the Republican state ConvenIyn,
relative to the platform and the details Of his
nomination nc He told them IL would be mgOSsd imp ads
an appointment with friend that afternoon rsla-
ton IN t9e and he considered il OF too
great Importance TO lay aside for discussion el
PennSSppacssra PSp saTs IS 10 Be found in the SStsrsncs
publisher and lifelong friend. who SAID; adv ,sver
did a dishonest thing in his life, but who absolutely
never had dishonest thought