The courier., 1903-04-04
NEW YORK GOSSIP.

istrates by q peace oH1Ctf lrofn MHn-
snchuscts, who wanted her held TIL
he could take her back to that state
under rcquisition. The magistrate
asked what the charge against the girl
was.
"stubbornness," replied the officer.
"Stubbornncss? echoed the magis-
trate, "why, that's no crime. lf IL
was, there wouldn't De Jtils enough 10
hold the women
TITS "a statutory offcnse In Masso-
thusetts, though" said the officer.
"and this girl escaped from penal
institution, anyway"
As he said that the attorney-gen-
eral of Mpssn Chusctts Intended To send
papers TO Albany for Governor Odcll's
approval. the magistrate held the girl
In custody.
A ramblc through Central park just
now brings up "reminiscences of the
real forest. Park employees may be
seen choppng down trees and cutting
them up In short lengths and Topping
of branches from standing trees here
and there. The cut timber is piled
NJ much as the woodsman arranges
his winters supply Of fuel. and heaps
~ brushwood dot the park here and
there. A stranger might get the i'm
preston that the park vas In process
OF removal, but he would be wrong.
For the first time since the park was
laid out. fifty years ago, the trees and
shruoperS are oclhs ScieSuhcaily
trimmed. DEAD ana dying trees are
beinR relied oNersrown shruppery "
being thinned out and the soil IL being
strengthened wherever II has become
Impoverished. New trees are to be
planted to replace those cut down.
r,o ,,rou ,,o-., .,,.., cross,ny. IN
town at night are ON broadway at
rrhirtietb Thirty-ninth and FOrtieth
streets, when people are going 10 ana
Coming ,. ,, IRON ,h,r ,hSn'ers rs,oo. M ,,a,r nna,
.nces three about tho same time.
% Of,en tbn cars % are bioc,,ed " and the
yelling OF cabmen, policemen and car
r,age callers makes an awful din.
The crossinnps at Thirty-ninth and
NortIsth streets viii not he half 40
had now that the onere season is
ended The carriages from the opera
house caused most of the trouble
Every subsoription night nj the opere
brought on mn average 500 carriages
10 the Metropolitnn
Park Commissioner Wilcox comes
from Schenectady. He is a great lover
of hores and knows n go, 4 horse when
ne sees one. He is frequently seen on
the speedway driving a pair of hand
some bays I'm n light weight runabout.
According to the bills i'm the comp
troller's office. the horses cost $500. IL
used to be customary for the city to
pay not more than $3.50 for the one
horse given TO the head Of n depart-
ment. but Deyery upset the tradition
during his reign as chief of police by
getting an $500 rig The cheap horse
and wagon for the use OF city officials
has become n thing OF the past
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Probably the most exclusive organl-
L.. hi. .tN ,..
lodge with only seven members. every
ona oS u,ho,,, is wacltbx THE member
F7.SI"-
snip or tne iooge mas never peen
greater. aithough II is one OF the oides.
IN the state. lts neeting place rs said
20 be the most luxuriously equipped
lodge room III the CITY ana the para
phernaia owned ny the iodge repre-
sents small fortune.
The membership Is Just large enough
70 NJ III rotation the orlces prescrlpeu
by the constitution. ana 1t has been
agreed among tne members that tneir
number snaii never De increased pe-
yond seven. New members are pro-
posed only Wneh vacancies occur
through the death OF old ones. As
rule, son or other male relative or
the dead member is CHOSEN to MI his
place
The order or which this lodge forms
a subordinate part does not look upon
IL with unH'ingied faVor. some out
siders condemn IL unequivocally, and
threats nave been made more than
once that the lodge should be COM
PEELED either To increase It's member
snip or 10 surrender It's charter. But
the opposition hitherto has always
stranded on the lavish generosity which
able institutions organized under the
auspices OF the order.
Dig iettered stone rs SET IN the
Walk on the south front or the post
ONCE. it Is hardly 10 be distinguished
from the rest or the concrete except
when a wet spell washes Il clean.
"Pelletier's'' and nothing more YES
terday "a countrynan out sieht-seeinp
with a city friend STONED 10 read The
legend.
"I thought th,, here WAS the most
of,ico -" he said
"Ss n ia" replied the city man
s.rbat must be "a STONE mt tbara hy
,oma ~ the Revohtionarv dame.
guess it's the name of n Frenchman
that used TO run saloon here wav
back in the old days,"
A bvstander took the trouble 70 90
,nto the nostofi,ca to ask ahout ,6o
stone The superintandent Thought
the name was that or The man Who
Iaid The sidewalk hu, couihn't ta,,
nosit,vely because aII tho old Mans
and ,pecifcations of the bu,Idipp are
In WILMINGTON FIpalIy tha oidast
emnIoye vas cs,Ied In 10 recoiiaJ
that the STONE orJginalIv read "pe'
letier.s Patent SidewoIj, " Eoroot,an
repairs have obliterated all but the
legend.