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New-York tribune., 1902-05-12
FOSTER MEMORIAL FUND.

The fund for erecting monument 10 Mrs Re-
becca Salome Foster has been increased BY the
following contributions. John P Faure. SO. Fred
erick BeaIe. s.; Henry h. Morgan. ir.. SO; Mrs
Norris X Jesup. so. Alden Freeman &. Mrs +
$; Bloomingdale Bros. S25 J. Harsen Halsted. s.
Mrs. George :. Bowdoiu So. Jacob A Cantor SO.
William NJ X OlCOtt SO. n @. Atwater so. A. q
Agnew, So; Mr and Mrs. ". A. Duer S25. Mrs
Anna Thorne. So Miss NJ. Potter. s.. Miss B. Pot
ter, s., r Morrison. s., Samuel a. BIatchTord
S2o. r Fulton Cutting 81 Robert Bridges 80
Cash" 81. Miss Rhoades SO, Miss Nina Rhoades
ArChbold 50. r. a. NJ. 80. James ". Perry, $40.
Charles II. Russell so and The New-Y0rk Her
aid $40 The amount previously acknow lodged is
Mr. Faure's subscription was accompanied by
the following letter.
My dear Mr Goddard. Their works do follow
them" words which read in obituaries. SEE
them sometimes in cemeteries: but do pause
and grasp their full meaning might and
should a opportunity vvify this thought
tempated memorial the late Mrs. Foster bv
erecting tablet in the central spot In which
much Of her work focused. and from which
the results or that work found their way into the
uplifted lives and Sladdened hearts Of those for
whom and with whom she abored
| knew Mrs Foster, ! knew her work I knew
some of the human atoms whose lives she touched
I thank God for the knowledge, and / feel myself
a better for the knowing
| am grateful that your committee has engaged
in your labor OF love. and esteem Ii privilege
that at once serves minister TO the memories OF
those who knew her and 10 the aspirations of those
who may be permitted to follow Very cordially
yours. JOHN p. FAURE.
Contributions may be Captain r Norton
Goddard. No. 100 BIeetker-st.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-12
WHERE TO SEND BOOKS. ETC

Members who have good reading matter pass
on will De glad TO learn that IL will be greatly ap-
precated by the hospital patients referred TO In the
letter given below. The president requests that
the members viii please mark IT S. s" on all
packages forwarded 10 the hospital.
President OF the T. ; $ Commissioner Lederle
directs me 10 ask you whether you have availa Bile
any magazines or other reading matter which
might be sent 20 patients In contagious dis
ease hospitals We are seeking 20 do all that
can Tor the comfort Of these people. but their
Valesence Is Ia many cases very tedious. and We
should be glad OF any additional OF inter
esting them while they in charge. We are
sending them some reading matter now. but more
is needed. for the reason that II be kept
use as circulating library might, but must be re-
placed frequently by new matter. lest contagiou be
spread by H. Furthermore. reading matter sup
Piled. for example. 70 smallpox ward cannot be
transferred 70 scarlet fever other ward Com
missioner Ledere would be gratded II YOU could
through your society. supply US with some reading
matter II should be sent 20 the foot East
Stxteenth-st-. where the matter can be delivered
70 the resident physician
r. G. ". WADSWORTH
SeCretary 20 the President
New-York tribune., 1902-05-12
WOMEN OF MARTINIQUE.
THEIR LOVE OF GAY COLORS EXEMPLI-
FLED IN THEIR CosTUMES-THEIR
ACCOMPLISHMENTS

The women Of St Pierre who only few days
ago were leading happy, butterfly life are said
70 have beeu striktngIy picturesque and beau
rtful. 4 charry. recent writer says Of them:
Their love for color is the passionate fondness for
brightness OF all the races from which they spring
negro French and Indian. Fashions change not
a. al from decade 70 decade. and the only differ
elce between the dress OF the rcher cl1ss aho
the poor Is matter Of quality, except in the case
of the women VINO act as carriers OF fruit and
These wear simple garment, not unlike
Empire gown made with a good deal or fulness
and drawn ID under the glrdle in such way as
70 leave The limos Tree Ihls gown Is always oi
skin contrasts exquisirey. and the women are
beautifully formed the effect IS that OF draped
In the well 10 do class the same passion for
color is shown over a loose white linen garment
sc-ibe5 nut IS ~ six Or 5ne muslin. Crimson gel
which brilliant flowers of vividly contrasting shades
are printed. This is caught up by silk sash 70
comfortable walking length. and long scarf OF
thin silk is craPed coqUeITishly around the shouI-
gay cOlors, tied about the head with conspicu-
Gus bow on top aEd frequently a large jewelied
brooch at eacn side OF the fastening -.
The women have q stately carriage that have have
~ -alas or f-iIir on the head to be sold al the
shops and houses sauntering down 10 the water
Of manner and statuesque beauty Of form are
fascinating in the extreme
The better class has some educauon. ana Ine
ien sGoy ~ ~ a 1e @ s-cnr177Iie1r1en+s rbev have
musical voices rule, and sing sad little creole
TFsv are 4 cleanlv people and utilize the noun
g -. I---, ~ Crreerc CfeaD a. well a G
for baths. One OF the show places IS the great
shower bath in the court Of the almshoQse. The
immense. and the baths are frequented by many
The white population is only a few thousands, 50
that the only impression that one derives rom the
with IFS colors and brightness The Two DO not
- =-5 n 4 ~ Ming sorie1v and The natives
are perfectly content TO be ignored socially
New-York tribune., 1902-05-12
WOMEN BLAME ". ). R.
THEY DECLARE CAR CROwDING WILL con
TINUE UNTIL REMEDY IS MADE
COMPULSORY.

Miss Ella Adeia Fletcher who is on one of the
park committees of the Woman's Municipal
League speaking of the omen nuisance
yesterday. said;
The personal contact is something which
must he absolutely repugnant 10 every woman
of anv sensibiity whatever. l think the order
to stop taking passeng gers when the is
fun would be eficacous. for the company would
speedily fiud means 10 accommodate the trav-
ellng public"
1T is simply disregard for the comfort and
rights of the people which forces US TO travel
in this indecent way said Mrs. NJ w Raven
hill ore of the founders of SOrOsiS and the
corporation will persist in its selishness until
compelled to do otherwise. believe in double
deckers and more ears
1t would he wicked. said Miss NJ f Carter,
of the Society for Political Study. to pack ami
mails as the people of NewYork packed in
the open cars in the hottest weather, when we
need the greatest comfort in travelling. so long
as the people submit they may. for no corpora
tion ever does anything for the public unless il
is compelled 70, even when its most valuable
possession is public franchise.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-12
4 NEW HONE FOR BABIES.
WELL EQUIPPED HOSPITAL TO BE READY
FOR OCCUPANCY IN SEPTEMBER

FOR OCCUPANCY IN SEPTEMBER.
New-York has always been poorly off for chill
dren's hospitals and greatly behind other large
cities in this respect. Boston. Philadelphia, -.
Louis and Cincinnati have large general hospitals
for babies and children. Even little Albany has a
childrens hospital with more than hundred beds
OF the European cities Paris IS particularly gener
GUS in providing for the wants OF children, one
alone of her hospitals having six hundred beds In
London there is the big Oxford-st- hospital. and
many smaller ones
The most important step which New-York has
taken IN this direction for many years is in the
erection OF a home for the Babies Hospital
Lexington-ave. and Fifty-ffth-st. Work the
building has been under way for some time. and fl
promises be finished in September. In the mean
time the different departments or the Babies Hos
pttal. with the exception Of the outpatent depart
Inent, being housed in a portion OF the Nursery
and Child's Hospital
The new Babies Hospital will be d worthy addi-
ton 70 the several new hospital buildings recently
planned by Messrs. York and Sawyer. VIII be of
brick and stone, with seven stories and basement
The basement VIII contain the machinery Of the
building. the disinfecting plant Laundry, kitchen
and servants dining room The largest room on
the first floor is given 10 Cispensary purposes
There for the clothing committee, several
Offices and a large clinic in which the diseases OF
dining for the and officers and
quarters for the hospital board the secretary and
matrOn. The third floor is given up 10 quarters for
and servants. On the fourth four model
nurseries. a diet kitchen and d ward for six pa
tents with changing room attached. The fifth and
sixth floors contain the other wards. and on the
New-York tribune., 1902-05-12
PLANES WATCHED BY 5000.
FIREMEN SAVE THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
OF THE HOLY COMFORTER

OF THE HOLY COMFORTER
About fifteen thousand persons stood on the
roofs of tenement houses in windows. on trucks
in West Houston King and Washington sts-.
on the roofs of piers and on the decks OF YES
sells in the North River yesterday afternoon
while fire burned up a packing box factory. lot
of packing boxes. a pile OF lumber and a horse
The damage was S1OOtN
rurdick al West and King sts.. owned
the lumber yard and John J. Ryan & Son the
box factory Next TO Burdick's is the Episcopal
Church Of the Holy Comforter for seamen- OF
which the Rev Mr.. Gardner is pastor The IRE
started in the boxes piled a story high in the
factory ward and soon extended to the lumber IN
Burdick's yard. next to the church The wood
burned furiousIy and soon the fre extended 70
the rear of the church The second alarm nre-
men worked on the church. and they soon had
the FIRE out there and the lumber yard blaze IN
der control The Sunday school children had
been dismissed a little while before the fire oc-
CURED and some Of them were lingering in the
church when the fire started Mr.. Gardner and
his family in the parsonage in West Houston
packed up many of their belongings and
made ready 10 move them into the street should
the fire get 10 the house
chief Croker angry about the NUMBER OF
big packing boxes in the Ryan yard and ne said
he would that they did not nave so many
again He had "a dne OF dremen formed ana
street and piled them Up there. so the flames
could not feed them.
There are several sta bles in King-st In which
were thirty horses. The stall of one horse was
burning and in Untying the halter rope E y
Cody was burned about the face and HANDS
One horse Ryaus stable was burned
New-York tribune., 1902-05-12
THE INTERPRETER OF THE ARGoyAUTS

The Rev Dr. Louis Albert Banks spoke in a
prelude last evening in Grace Methodist Epis-
copaI Church Bret Harre. the Poet and Inter
prefer OF the ArgOnaUts.'' He said in part;
OregOnian that I am. I cannot let the death OF
Bret Harte- the prophet OF the ArgOnaUJS. pass
unnOuCed. I was born amid the conditions which
aroused the genius of Bret Harte- HIS power was
his genius be the real interpreter OF the ArsO-
nauts. Where Other men only that which was
rough and rude and sinful he had the eye 70 see
the hidden vein OF goodness in such as Jack
HanIin and Colonel StaTboUtle. and such women as
had drifted those far on mining camps.
Bret Harte set himself 70 the noble task OF show
ing that even a bad not wholly bad
While other We're digging for gold in the beds
of rivers and in the veins or the mountains. ne
gave himself over 10 the search for the gold OF
love and goodness and fidelity and humanity. ana
even in those rude wild hearts his search not
in vain He dug down under the rubbish OF their
sins and vices. and found the humanity there that
warranted the Luck OF Roaring Camp
New-York tribune., 1902-05-12
ANIMAL SERVICE OF THE 18th.

CHAPLAIN CONNOLLY PRAISES THE PREsI-
The annual church service OF the 9th Regiment
y. G. y. Y. in commemoraJiOn Of the muster OF the
regiment into the service OF the United States. was
held yesterday afternoon in St Patrck's Cathedral
The regiment, in fun dress uniform and about nine
hundred strong. marched from it's armory TO the
Cathedral Colonel George r Dyer was IN COM
mand. and almost all the staH and company ON
We're in line
The Rev. J. y. Connolly. chaplain OF the rsgf-
ment. conducted the service and preached short
sermon. in which he mentioned the sOld1erly quail
ties displayed throughout MS life by Archbishop
COrrigan- He also praised President Roosevelt.
both a Christian man and soldier. and held aim
up example 10 the men OF the Eth The Rev
N J. LaveIe. rector OF the Cathedral. delivered an
address OF welcome Just before the regiment en-
tered the Cathedral the chimes played The Star
SpangIed Banner and America
New-York tribune., 1902-05-12
FIRE THREATENS BIG LUMBER YARD.
SUPPOSED To BE OF INCENDIARY ORIGIN
HARD FIGHT BY FIRENEN

Fire which is supposed to have been OF tncencisry
origin threatened TO destroy the immense yards OF
the Dunbar Lumber Company. at Elsventn-aEe-
and Twenty -ninth-st.. and the Stanley Soap Works.
at No 81 20 s54 West Thirtieth-st. last night A
pile Of lumber fifty feet high. valued at Si"o
which was piled against the wall OF the soap
factory, completely destroyed and the flames
which crept into the second and third hoors OF the
factory caused s. 600 damage there The lumber
burned derCely and rapidly that when the nre-
men arrived IL looked as IL the yards we're doomed.
There hard fight before the flames were
SUbdued
James Murphy. a member OF Fire Patrol No. :.
while work third floor Of the soap fac
tory. fell TO the ground. landing on spike he
received q severe wound the thigh, and was
removed Roosevelt Hospital in ambulance
New-York tribune., 1902-05-12
IF We KNEN.

IF We KNEW.
If We knew the cares ami crosses
Crowded round our neighbors way.
II knew the little losses
SOrely grievOus day by day.
Would then so often chlde MN
For the lack of thrift and gain,
Leaving his heart shadow.
Leaving on his heart STAIN
II We knew that clouds above us
Held by gentle blessings there.
Would away all trembling
IN blind and weak despair
Would shrink from little shadows
Lying the 1eWy grass,
While tbs only birds OF Eden
Just i'm mercy flying past?
If knew the silent story
Quivering through the heart Of pain.
Would our WOmanhOOd dare doom them
Back 10 haUnts Of and shame
Life has many tangled crossing,
JOY has many break of woe
And the cheeks washed are whitest-
This the blessed angels know.
Let US reach within our bosoms
For the key 10 other hives.
And. with love 70 erring nature,
Cherish good that still abideS.
So that when ShrOuded spirits
Soar 70 realms of light again
We may say Dear Father Judge Is
As Judge fellow men"
The following note accompanied the poem given
above:
President OF the T. s 5. I incose poem quoted
by the late Rev. DR.. Z. II. Chaplin some twenty-five
years ago in sermon. It was undoubtedly the
expressed. and not its literary excel
lence. which impressed him. II would seem appro-
pirate your column. I 10 not know the title OF
authors name. c. u
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~G Gna
[EIlla8

Dr. lane Baves graduate Of Edinburgh Uni
versity. who has been appointed government ply
scian for the island Coll is II is said the first
woman doctor in Scotland TO receive government
appointment
Miss EIor A Carlisle. who has been head OF the
department OF pedagogy in Wellesley College since
1893 has been appointed 10 the Boston Board OF
School Supervisors. 10 succeed Miss Sarah L
Arnold. who has resigned from the position 20 be-
rrz55,sre ~ - Ibe CgTeeo State Normal School and
has taken special courses in Yale, Clark and ttaT-
ward universities. From 1896 10 1898 Miss Carlisle
ave e6na In 81 m h she Vse Ehgand 10 study
The schools OF that country
Aversion TO public speaking is said TO be charac-
teristic Of all Melbourne women. and in the popu-
iation Of one hundred thousand only three can be
found 70 address a meeting. One OF the number is
the recent International Suffrage Congress held
IN Washington
Of the five women who received the degree OF
Doctor OF Pharmacy at the eighty-frst commence
ment ot the College of Pharmacy in Philadelphia
recently, one was from Russia The prize OF so
Tor The best exaninatton IN eomHercial training I
orado.
Ugly women owe their physical misfortune TO self
neglect said Nine. Yale. high priestess Of beauty
culture. in recent lecture. The foundation OF all
beauty. she said. is health Only by adopting a
systematic life either beauty health be
retained. Implicit obedience 10 natures rules is
necessity, and among the details TO be considered
are diet, exercise and breathing. Sunken cheeks.
Nine Yale declares. may be restored TO their full
ness BY pinching and manipulating the skin prop
ery, and wrinkles on the forehead and shrivelled
eyelios may be smoothed out by similar processes.
Miss Annie Allyn. Of Chelsea Mass.
unued her fathers teaming business since his
death, and has than doubled its clientage She
Keeps thirteen and eight horses busy During
Z recent strike. when her men, in obedience to
their union abandoned their work and others whom
sc employed were frightened from load on
terrynoat. Miss Allyn mounted the wagon and
Grove under the escort of four policemen, to the
wharf. where she delivered the goods consigned TO
her care IN safety. Miss Allyn does all the team
ing for one OF Boston's rich manufacturers.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-12
CONTRIBUTIONS

box containing purple and white Hlacs. jonquils
and many other spring flowers and package Of
reading matter came from Mrs. Charles z. Grant:
a large box n apple blossoms and violets. from
carlton Mcdowell: two prettlly dressed dolls. from
Miss Nellie cusaCk- OF East Orange u. j. Branch
No 3. a package Of reading matter pictures and
some artificial fruit. from Mrs. A. y. Setter; a
large box Oc shoes and clothing, without a name
F1tty-six cents for badges for members was
received from Miss Omstead Of the Little
New-York tribune., 1902-05-12

time. the laundresses refused 20 IL because IL
DLStered their hands
The azalea, which was barely open the day Of the
trip, is sometimes called the wild hOneySuckle II
IS the national flower of Flanders
It was early for adder's tongues. too. although a
few were found The adders tongue dogs
tooth vi0et, is the earliest Of the true lies. John
Burroughs objects seriously its name. and sug-
gests as more appropriate titles 'fawn N.Y., or
trout lily - because of its mottled markings
New-York tribune., 1902-05-12

Small turnover collars. in pastel shades OF pink
hlpe and other popular colors, receive Persian
anish by designs embroidered in quiet tones Of
cOfron silk.
Elbow sleeves OF the ready-to-wear evening
bIouses are finished with wide graduated rufies Of
lace or chiffon
new summer textile in Paris recently
.orsis+ed of a bat!ste de sole. which is a variation
~ the mousseline with a velvet stripe effect.
SILK petticosts with polka dot designs and An
,sha5 with medium width accordion pleated ruffes
are new and pretty
-rb conventional tie, with iacngs that were
,ore,-sr Incoming united, has given place 20 low
- ,r,,.b high heels and high, hariug leather
sSo,,,,a Snished with large brass steel buckle
sTIsa ,sboes are meant for street wear.
The tbree-quarter length black taffeta coat has
s-rnIy established itself as light and attractive
-. The most popular style of finish in
ssi,5as a wide rolling collar, which in some in
stsDces resembles g cape and white reVers-
New-York tribune., 1902-05-12

yard for shield and stock collar The pattern, No.
4lO7. is cut in sizes for j. a. Sc SS and 40 inch
bust measure.
The pattern will be any address receipt
OF 10 cents Please give number and bust measure
distinctly. Address Pattern Department New-Hork
Tribune. II in a hurry for pattern. send an extra
two cent stamp. and will mail by letter postage
in sealed envelope
New-York tribune., 1902-05-12
THE TRIBUNE PATTERN.

TISSUE PAPER PATTERN OF wOMAN'S
SAILOR BLOUSE NO. 41O7. FOR 10 CENTS.
Sailor blcuses are always attractive and suit the
greater number of figures 10 a nieety. The smart
model shown is made Of white linen with shield
New-York tribune., 1902-05-12

and trimming Of
white dotted with
blue. and makes
part of a cos
tune. but the de-
sign suits o d q
" a ! 5 equally
= ? II. a n q is
adapted 10 all
washable fabrics.
TO flannel. alba
tross and wasting
silks.
T o G Ut this
blouse in the me-
dunn size 1 yards
OF material II
inches wide. ga
yards - inches
wide. ; yards p
inches wide. or >
wards - inches
wide viii be re-
quired. with
Tba yaafTarF1 No
New-York tribune., 1902-05-12

Mrs. Lucy T Guild asks II some rays Of sunshine
may be sent 10 a young girl fifteen years old who
is suffering from spinal trouble and has been III
about a year Mrs. Guild writes that she was
formerly one OF ner Sunday school children, and
for hat reason she is deeply interested in having
her life frightened. The girl IS extremely nervous,
owing her condition and II of the junior
members especially Will write her CHEEKY letters
or send her book IL may draw her attention from
herself Little unexpected gifts OF remenbrances
In tho name OF Sunshine. even from unknown
friends can only BE- fully appreciated by those who
are shut out from the pleasures OF life The ad-
dress Is Blanche Sawyer. IschUa, y. Y.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-12
NOTICE

All letters and packages intended for the
t. =. =. should he addressed to The Tribune
Sunshine society. Tribune Building. New
York City. II the above address - carefully
observed riOns intended for the
It. =. =. viii he less likely TO aStray- The
Tribune Sunshine society has n connection
using the word sunshine"
New-York tribune., 1902-05-12

dicinal virtue is ascribed certain parts OF the
world. The Roman saying Sell your and buy
betony' would imply that in ancient Italy 1t
less common than here. A Roman physician
claimed that betony would cure forty-seven diff
ferent maladies. Whether the American variety
and the Italian sort identical is a question
The spring beauty is often discarded by people who
gather il because its bells closed and il is
asleep. II usually be revived by putting its
stems into fresh water and standing the in
the strong sunlight IF this treatment is
cessful immersing the stems in very not will
often accomplish the purpose.
The ginseng the delicate flowers described by
William Hamilton Gibson one feathery ball Of
bloom is q relative Of the true ginseng. the root
Of which is used medicine, and which brings
nese name. JInchen, meaning like man from
the form OF the In China ginseng is be-
lieved to be antdote for old age and fatigue.
and ii only be gathered by order OF the En-
peror.
Jack-in-the-pulpit recalled the legend that its
marks stained at the Crucifxion.
Beneath the Cross II grew;
And in the vaselike hollow OF the leaf
Catching from that dread shower OF agony
A few mysterious drops transmitted thus
Unto the and hills their healing stains,
heritage, for storm or vernal shower
Never to blow away.
Tn. Indians boil the red berries OF Jack-in-the-
pulpits for food In famine time in Ireland IL was
discovered that the bulb OF the plant could
that If the powder ked in
water and then drained the acrid quality was lost
Dupit or wild turnip, is a relative of the cuckoo
nsnt of England which. because of the two kinds
~ flowers the children call lords and ladies'"
starch was in ancient times made from the cuckoo
her huge stiff ruffs. starching occupied much
New-York tribune., 1902-05-12

top floor will be the solariIm and laboratory. The
hospital Will be fitted in the most modern
New-York tribune., 1902-05-12

Dr. Jane Bayes. a graduate OF Edinburgh Uni
versity, who mas been appointed government ply
scian for the island Of Coll is. II is said, the nrst
woman doctor in Scotland 10 receive a government
appointmert