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New-York tribune., 1902-03-21
"HAPPT THOUGH UNM4RRIED. ."
SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF LIFE HAS
VARIOUS VIEWS on THE SUBJECT.

VARIOUS VIEWS ON THE SUBJECT.
Aristppus, founder Of the Cyrenaic school Of pure
Hedonism. would havo been delighted 10 hear the
talk relative to marriage last night in dainty blue
and white room in Tuxedo Hall Fffty-ninth-st
and Madison-ave. The sunny old philosopher would
have found sympathetic people at his elbow and
searChers after the ideal aplenty.
As is well known. the Society for the Study Of
Life meets every now and then to discuss social
inharmony and 'reverentIy to study life in its
origin and maintenance Not infrcquently its mem
hers plough through the branches and briers OF
such discussions Why Matrimony Succeeds"
Why It Does Not" Why Shouldn't It2" and
Whose Fault Is 1t that 1t Doesn't Its members
include only open minded, clear thinking. sanely
constituted men and women of to-day" Some Of
the pillars Of the society only meat, others
stick to plain beans and celery, while stin Others
less advanced, eat what most law abiding citizens
think Will furnish them with proper rourishment
Others are presidents Of women's single tax clubs
woman suffrage clubs. etc. Mrs. Julian Thomas
treasurer Of the club. told Tribune reporter last
night confidently that her three year old baby had
never received cooked food in its life,
When the seventy-fve women and ffteen men
had sat down ten bars Of MendeIssohus Wedding
March. were played Mrs. Amon Hensley, presi-
dent Of the club gained the platform and said apol-
Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox was to have read her
like read in public. It's about a Mans Ideal"
didn't come either. so iii read it,. Whereupon "A
Mans Idear' read The final words were
drowned in applause Mrs Hensley then said that
married life-that great. grave holy and mysteri-
Gus state''-would be frankly. fearlessly and sym
pathetically discussed. She introduced Dr. Lang
worthy. who spoke on How to Be Happy Though
Unmarried" Her philosophy SoCratiC. Flor
Han Winterb1rn smoke on the opposite side
of the same theme. she believed that married
woman happiest wnen she had some place to
GO DR.. Hussey. who had never been married. said
that Women's clubs could not exist but for old
maids. She had never tried marriage. she said. but
thought it all right for others
John s. Crosby told how happy young couple
lf
were adopted. DR. Julian Thomas also spoke.
The intellectual feast was follow ed by luncheon
of lettuce salad and rolls
New-York tribune., 1902-03-21
HENRY IRVING AND ELLEN TERRY
CLOSING PERFORMANCES

repetition Of "Thc Merchant or Venice pleased
a great multitude yesterday afternoon at the Har-
lem Opera House and performance of King
Louis NJ deeply impressed a numerous and eagerly
responsive audience last night only one opportu-
nifty Of seeing Henry Irving and Ellen Terry now
remaius-;heir season IA America closing Tonight
when they VIII present Shylock and PortL, and will
say Farewell Tomorrow they embark for Eng
land. and Immediately on his arrival in London
Henry Irving Will begin rchearsals Of Faust" for
its revival at the Lyccum April The indomitable
energy of this extraordinary actor Is not the least
of his victorious attributes. and IN some measure
It explains his great success Never To hasten and
never to rest was Gocthes law for the conduct OF
life and Henry Irving has adopted and obeyed It.
with result that wherever he goes intellectual
activity is aroused and stimulated i'm every drcc-
tion.
This inccssant yitality-tls intense restless
nervous forcc.-showing itself IN many ways. is
especially obvious in such impersonauons as those
Of Matthias. King Louis. and Shylock. these being
in whom the mind Is continually ravaged by
a terrible conflict of passions. As King Louis. iu
the performance last night, Henry Irving. Eotwith-
standing excessive WearIHess. acted I'm mood Of
magnificent freedom, and throughout the heart
rending scene OF the Confessional, so expressed
the agony OF a tortured soul TO leave IN every
heart an impress. never to be erased OF the inev-
liable consequence Of sin and the ineEorablc op-
Grafton Of divine law. In its ethical Significance
this is of the most potent cmbodimeuts that
our stage has known. while In It's artistic
fabric il combines, with conSummate skill. the most
widely diverse and curiously contrasted attributes
of charactcr-iutclIect and sodden bigotry. power
and weakness. guile and simplicity, humor and
pathos. royal grandeur and sOrdid cupidity, the
abandonment OF dcrious passion and the stealthy
self-control Of vsilant. wise, farscenG craft The
play is theatrical. artificial. almost grotcsquc but
the part provides splendid opportunity for
great actor and Henry Irving's assumption OF It
will long be remembered as great performance.
In the death scene his aspect appalling in its
ghasty splendor. and in its bleak and awful desc
lation Of hopeless physical suffering and sin-strck
en- age He had the valuable cooperation Of Mr..
Tvars. as Tristrau, and Mr.. J. H. Barnes.
Coiticr-the former perfect in the expression OF
cold grim iusensate. half jOculaT cruelty; the lat
ter happy In nobility Of presence artistic repose,
and peculiar beauty Of expressive speech. Coitier
is but a slender part: Mr. Barnes made IL sgnid-
cant Of a lofty mind and temperament Of rare
sensibility. But in this drama OF Louis NJ the
King is everything. and Henry 1rvtngs imperial
embodiment Of the King eclipses all other figures.
fills the imagination. and can never fade from a
rornorr brance Of great things W. w
New-York tribune., 1902-03-21
H0sPLTIL nLEFERENcES SErrLEn-

At a meeting Of tho board Of managers and di-
rectors Of the Memorial Hospital for Women and
Children. Classou and st. Marks ayes, Brooklyn
Yesterday the differences between the managers of
that institution settled Mrs. John H. Burtis
resigned from the presidency and membership in
the board. and at the annual meeting to be held
on the hrst Monday in April. Mrs A. II Tift will
be chosen president. \ report the financial CON
diton Of the institution showed that the hospital
owned property worth about Sl3GQG1 and possessed
equity OF SS5 900 Only $4,000 is needed 10 pay
the immediate debts OF the institution and II is
believed by the members Of the staff that thev ca
continue TO conduct the hospital as a homceopa thic
institution, exclusively for women and children
The difference among the managers was caused
because Mrs, Burtis under the impression that the
institution could longer be conducted along the
old lines. sought TO have II merged with the Will
iamsburg Hospital and become a general institu-
New-York tribune., 1902-03-21
SOURCE OF ENERGY CHEMICAL.
DR.. LOEB THINKS THE HEAT HYPOTHESIS
FOR MUSCULAR CONTRACTION
I-NTEN ARI.E.

''Protoplasmir Motion" the special topic In
the third Of DR.. Jacques Loebs lectures The
Dynamics OF Living Powers at Columbia Univer-
sity yesterday. Or. Loeb said in part
In my first lecture endeavored to show that
the source Of physical energy is chemical. yester-
day TO show that proroplasm in liquid form is
essary for the manifestations of life, and that
when CoaSulaton takes place the manifestations Of
life become Impossible. II now becomes necessary
To discuss whether the forces that are active in
pTotOplaSmlc motion are the forces characteristic
duces heat with very slight rise in temperature
This rise, however. slight that when
thermodyraniCs came 20 he understood IL was
doubted whether heat could produce this meChani-
cal action.
How heat can bring about this muscular contraC-
tion is a problem Some scientists say that the
Sental of muscles that do the work solids
and that they contract on the application of heat.
This is directly opposite to my theory advanced
Yesterday. that for manifestations Of life proto-
scCtS there are a number Of muscles that contract
or relax more than one hundred times n second.
that Il this contraction were caused by rise
in temperature the muscle must cool of. and the
would have 10 occur hundred times a second
and would be physically Impossible. This heat
hypothesis is. in my opinion, Untenahle. The source
Of energy in the muscles. | take It, is chemical and
transformed to surface energy. and this in is
transformed to mechanical energy motion en-
crEy that does the work
DR. Loeb then went explain in a technical
manner the way in which chemical energy is trans
ferred 10 surface energy and this energy mo-
non energy we must prove, said DR.. Loeb in
conclusion. that II protoplasm must be in liquid
10 insure manifestations of life, there is dis
"rcpancy in our theory Of chemical, surface and
mechanical energies"
New-York tribune., 1902-03-21
MUSIC-THE DRAMA.
THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.

THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
The Boston Symphony Orchestra gave the last Of
its evening concerts in the Borough OF Manhattan
at Carnegie Hall last night 1t is A sorrowful fact
10 record. but there Is comfort In the circumstance
that the admirers of the organization may hear il
again in the Brooklyn Academy of Music tonight
and in Carnegie Hall on Saturday afternoon. More
over. those who wish to listen again land for the
only time this season. 10 Nine. Nordica's voice in
aria and may avail themselves of this
ing's Offering.
Last nights programme was one calculated. after
Mr.. GerickeS heart, disclose the abilities Of
his orchestra and the charm of his cheftainshp.
vivid imagination, depriving itself Of its per-
sonal equation. might search long i'm the past for
memory of such performance of the overture to
"Penthesilea" by Goldmark and the eighth sym
phony of Beethoven, and with all its searching it
to be questioned if the memory would he found. It
was not only the beautiful precision that
always accustomed TO I'm Mr. Gerickes perform
anCes that were compelled 70 admire, but also
the conception, the eloquent reading Of the music,
which left not detail unexpressed. Especially de
hghtfu were the voices of the wood wind choir
Mr.. Gericke. at the eleventh hour changed the
programme and substituted Chausson's "Viviane''
for set of symphonic variations by unknown
composer named K6ssler. The variations which
were expected a musical tribute to Brahms. the
supreme master in the variation field since Schu-
mann, and 1t would have been instructive at least,
to hear them: but II equally interesting 10
duced it here at Of his concerts De
Cemher TO- 1898. Compared with last nights per
tormance there little Of the romantic atmOs-
phere which brCathes through the composition in
that earlier performance, but again there
awakened an appreciation of the il-starred French
composer Che dashed his brains out in luclless
bicycle ride in June 1880 who was able put into
such eloquent and gorgeous tones the story Of
Niviaue's enChantment Of the arch-enchanter
Merlin. It was necessary to appreciate the out
OF the delChtful orchestral piece TO
ciate the fact that the French Cor rather Bretom
stories about Merlin and Niyiane present the
ductress amabla maid and not the de-
signing harlot Of Tennyson's dyl but. that fact
once understood. there is much charm i'm the music
Of the unfortunate French composer
The solo performer at the concert Mr.. limo
thee AdamOwski, who played Saint-Saenss violin
concerto in minor. He played it with splendid
dash and vigOr UOo much. indeed, IL his notion Of
1t called for the rudeness eXemplhed in the open
ing thence, and made again to marvel at the
artistic strength Of organization which
mon such artists ranks.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-21
INVESTIGATING ASTOR HOUSE FTREa

The two small fires which occurred on Wednes-
day night on the top floor Of the Astor House
within few moments Of each other. and which
supposed 10 have been Of incendiary origin
were investigated Yesterday by Fire Marshal FreeI
According to Manager Watson, one Of the
marshars deputies spent more than an hour on the
premises, ana made most careful investigation
questioning many of the employees. Manager Wat
son personally said he convinced that the fire
not Of inCcndiary origin. but caused by =
spark from the earlier fre entering the window Of
the where the second fire occurred Mr.
watson had learned that At the time of the fires
the windows Of both rOOmS one Of which l. SIT
uated directly above the Other. open
New-York tribune., 1902-03-21
LEAVES INTEREST IN IRISH ESTATE


The VIII Of Thomas COstisan, Familiarity known
among his friends and political associates as Big
Tom" Costigau was filed for probate in the Sur
roEates office Yesterday Mr CostiEan had an in
terest in an estate ireland. OF which country he
was d native. for he leaves to his mother, Bridget
Costigan. "of ireland the interest in any prop
erty. real or personal. i'm the Kingdom of Great
Britain and ireland the title which ne may in
herit from his father or grandfather. His mother
is to have lie interest in any such estate which
Is her death be distributed between his broth
ers and sisters il such proportions as she in her
discretion may deem lit. In case his mother fails
exercise this power the property is to go 10 his
lawful heirs.
Mr.. Costigan leaves his widow and children any
property he may be possessed of here. but the
petition for probate states that he left no real
property and that his personal estate IS worth but
Mr. CostIgan left widow. six sons and one
New-York tribune., 1902-03-21
A. G. T4NDERBILT BUYS HORSES N MINE

Bangor Me. March 20 ospeciaD-AIfred Gwynne
Vanderbilt made trip through Maine last week
buying horses, A man who accompanied Mt Van
derbt transacted the business, and the identity Of
the New-York millionaire was not discovered until
he about to leave the State. Mr. Vanderbilt
spent large sum of money here for horses IA king
away about thirty-five head of the best stock In
central Maine, including twenty from Lewiston six
from Clinton, four from Fairfield and four from
Oakland In every the price asked was paid
without hesitation. and the Maine horsemen call
Vanderbilt a FIRST rate customer.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-21
JEWISH CHARITIES CONFERENCE.
SECOND ANNUAL MEETING TO FE HELD AT DE
TROTT IN MAY.

Detroit March 20 CspecaD.-The second annual
meeting of the National Conference OF Jewish
charities I'm the United States will be held here on
>ta,, 26 d and 2s This city has been selected as
the meeting place because the National Conference
NJ Charities and Corrections meets here on May
% and it vas thought well that the allied charity
organizations should convene simultaneously. so
that delegates will be able to attend both meetings
without any Inconvenience or loss Of time.
Great interest has been taken In the approaching
conference and large delegations have already been
announced from all the principal cities of the coun-
trv The conference now numbers among it's mem
hers forty-eight Of the principal relief organiza-
ons of the country and its beneficial influence has
been especially manifest I'm III" matter Of the in
crease OF interurban transportation, The confer
ence has also been largely instrumental in pro-
noting the movement toward consolidation OF
charity organizations which is now SO prominent
a feature in Jewish charitable work
Many subjects of great Importance 10 Jewish
rhilant hropiC workers viii hH discussed ap-
preaching meeting one Of the main topics VIII
he the subject of the placing OF dependent chill
dren. Dr. Lee X Frankel, of New-N ork. has been
made chairman OF the committee dealing with this
phase n the work.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-21

1913, the iodin number. 421. of the chicken curry.
IN connection with the microscopic examination,
certainly indicated. according to the chemists
the presence of considerable beef fat. II mere
havoring with beef stock or extract would give
such results. the chemists ought TO have noted
the fact, they have elsewhere taken pains to
note excuses for foreign substances found in
food products. and their failure to do would
give our correspondent reasonable grounds for
complaint to the department.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-21

Vh page .439 the chemists give this expana-
1'n of the significance Of the analyses of fats
'"'alned from canned fowl.
,heh N the case Of meats already considered,
-. 80 examination Of fat affords criteria which
,s.,I oI considerable value ~ distinguishing the
Ia key OF meat employed. i does not appear
bn, possible 70 distinguish the variety OF fowl,
sx S~a me fats from an the samples of this class
ts5rss 5.siieo are markedly different from those OBJ
an - - from the fats Of the coarser meats which
iest eoIinonly used for their aduItera ton. The
I'm number is always much higher
81 = ~" iooin number for the fat Of pure chick
'bOfted by the chemists to be from us to
New-York tribune., 1902-03-21
Build TWENTY BRIDGES, SAYS UELrILLr


u
Washington. March 20-Admiral Melville. euEi-
neer IN chief Of the United states Navy. said to-
day that he would solve the bridge crowdiug PROC
lem In New York by building twenty bridges across
the East River instead Of only four That viii
be done b." said he before 7 die, aud ! am an old
man now. As ] have said before in The Tribune
the bridges connecting the two cities should be
low arch bridges. not suspension bridges Place a
bridge at every street and then there would be
plenty of haTbor space. compel all vessels entering
New-York by way Of Long Island Sound 10 land
north and east OF He'll Gate. and force those
ing by way Of Sandy Hook to land up the North
River: then you have the bridge trofic problem
New-York tribune., 1902-03-21
WANTED salt TO 90 WITH sHAuRocKS
GERMAN THOUGHT THEY WE'RE wATERcREss
ESCAPED WITH MOST OF HIS CLoTHES

GERMAN THOUGHT THEY WE'RE WATERCREss-
ESCAPED WITH MOST OF HIS CLOTHES.
Daniel I.eddy who runs "A saloon az Henderson
and Bay sts.. Jersey City. has a friend in the old
country who him box Of shamroCks by way
of COMMUNICATING the glorious anniversary of the
French saint who drove the snakes out OF ireland.
There were not many OF the shamrocks. Ieddv
put them in a box his bar. where all his friends
aud customers could view and admire them. But
I.eddy made one mistake He forgot that all his
customers were not Irish
Early on Tuesday morning John Wolf German,
came i'm 10 rush the ETowler." While Leddy
filling his order VOLTS eye fen ON the shamroCls,
and ne promptly ate them. The first Leddy knew
OF it wheu Wolf inquired:
Got aDv salt to 60 with these wateTcressesH"
Wolf managed 20 escape from the saloon with his
life and most of his clothes. The 'growler' was
not much behind him
As soon Leddy could speak he went TO Justice
OF the Peace Markley for warrant for Wolfs ar
rest, bur advised To drop the affair.
"Afther ALL" said ne, Il couldn't git the sham
rocks back"
New-York tribune., 1902-03-21
THE PASSING THRONG.

W. D. Richardson. civil engineer whose home
Is now in Chicago, but who was born in Salisbury.
Conn. said the Fifth Avenue
THE Hotel the other day: II have just
ANCHOR been reading a sketch of the old
OF Old frigate Constitution. and II brings
lRONSIDES back to incident in the
history OF that ship which
closely connected with nv childhood, and which to
this day stands out vividy in my memory. When
7 about five years old my family was inter
suppose the oldest iron mine Of real worth in the
States warship to be made this country
made made from iron taken from that mine for the
trlgate constitution The anchor was forged near
Salisbury. and the process created great amount
ot interest all over eastern Connecticut. special
wagon was made To cart the anchor on ~ was
drawn by eleven pairs of oxen, and when the day
the Hudson, where it was TO be received by old
route Schools We're dismissed and in each Village
girls came out and DECORATED the oxen and the
figure that was in the year 1910
James r. FitChc. OF Sacramento, Cal. one Of the
most ardent sportsmen in the country. the I'm
rerial Hotel yesterday asked II any
MOONLIGHT Eastern sportsmen heard of
HUNTING moonlight hunting. he talk
ing to a party of men interested i'm
the Sportsmen's Show which he came all the way
from California TO ~ believe that moonlight
shooting is peculiar 10 California" ne said. The
air there is dry in certain localities the nighs
A good range Of vision and every thing stands out
with startling distinctness. Wild ducks frequently
move i'm the night, and the sportsman who Is alert
will get the WhiTr OF wings ard sight Of them
almost well at night in the daytime. There
added tirge Of excitement afforded by night
hunt. and many califcrnia hunters 60 OUT on clear
nights, and frequently with great success
In the estimation Of George r. Brown OF Pitts
burg, who is identified with the American Bridge
Company. IL is pretty big bridge
PITTSBU RGS 5 that needs the construction Of a
RAPID special plant 10 build IL. Well
GROWTH equipped the American Bridge
Company is. however. IL is building
Il plant enable IT to construct the new
bridge over the Mouongahela River which the
Wabash road intends to build, at cost of Sl.0Ol0on
THAT Is only detail of the enormous improve
ments that are going on in and around Pittsburg
said Mr Brown at the Savoy yesterday. '"Th"
Wabash Is spending nearly $20Up06A0 i'm terminals
and road To make the Pittshurg connection An
elevated road in the city Is projected. and
there is Il wonderful increase in the capacity OF
plants there. PttsburE is growing more rapidly
than any interior city 1 know
New-York tribune., 1902-03-21

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HISS GorLD NOT TO LIVE IN SETTLEMENT

circumstantial rumor was started last night
that Miss Helen NJ. Gould intended To live for some
time in the Gospel Settlement. at No. &1 Clinton
St for the purpose of studying the conditions OF
the poor the lower East Side. Miss Gould de
MED the rumor saying that she had no such in
font
New-York tribune., 1902-03-21
HTGH ONETLL'S WILL FILED.
ESTATE DIVIDED BETWEEN THE WIDOW
AND TWO DAUGHTERS.

By the viii of Hugh O'NeiIl the Sixth-ave. dry
goods merchant. Who died Sunday last, which
was filed yesterday in the SurroEates office. his
property is divided between his widow. Caroline
o'Neill. and his TWO daughters. Let!tia ONeill,
who lives with her mother at No. l43 West Fifty
seventh-st.. and Mrs Creighton Hencken. of No, 30
West EiGhty-seventh-st
The will was executed on February Il last, and
gives to the widow ali the testator's euEravnEs
paintings. statuary. horses carriages and house
hold and personal effects. The residue is to he
divided between the widow and daughters share
and share alike.
The petition gives the value OF the real estate left
by Mr O'NeiIl as unknown. and the personal prop
erty worth $1,000.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-21

Washington. March 20-The House to-day made
slovy progress the River and Harbor bill
disDosing of only thirty pages and leaving nfty
,,ages still 10 be considered. The River and Har-
Dor Committee again to-day succeeded in defeating
every amendment offered. Mr.. Bellamy: of North
,,arcIfnI took occasion to denpunce the Crun-
reckrr proposition investigate Southern election
laws a. designed stir up sectional strife. He
ennea led 20 the conservative Republicans to defeat
the resolution