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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-16

Kieft's hotel was known as the Kings lnn ana
it was occupied at various times by the COM
mander of the British troops stationed at the
entrance to the Kills. 1t was there that the
patriots captured half a dozen prominent ofh-
GERS on the night of ball"
The historian might have rambled on LOT an
hour had not the car been rushing along OUT oi
Brighton into Sailors Snug Harbor, Win
it's streets dotted with gray haired old men, ex-
captains, retired mates and former sailors De
fore the mast. worn out by long years of the
strenuous life of the This is one OF the
richest charities in greater New-York. though
il started with an endowment which was mod-
est enough Those who invested the funds
showed great foresight. and the snug Haroor
can hardly spend it's income Among the val
liable properties which it owns is the land on
which the new home of the New York Stock
Exchange stands.
Along the road in the towns of Livingston,
Vest New Brighton and Port Richmond are
many old houses of interest. There is one
which shows the three prevailing styles of archi-
lecture. One end of it is of stone, and the
curving roof says odd Dutch" The other end
is of brick, and there white pillars in front
which speak of Colonial days. The two ends
are connected by a frame structure of compare
lively recent date which replaced an old frame
structure.
There is a trace of old Dutch families in some
of the signs seen over the business houses.
Could any mistake the name 'Houghwout,"
for instance?
The sign is at the crossroads, and gives one an
idea of the size Of this undeveloped borough of
Richmond. 1t is fifteen long miles to Tottenville,
and is one part of the island which trolleys do
not reach It is the terminal of the rapid transit
steam line however, so that the inhabitants are
more fortunate than those citizens of the metrop-
oils who live in villages below Richmond, such
as Kreischerville Woodrow, Rossville and Fresh
kills They have to depend on the old country
roads and farm wagons.
Il went up that road one day last summer,
said a man of the trolley party, who was neither
historian nor poet, land was plcddinS along
through the dust when 1 came upon an old
friend one who had lived on the island all his
life. He was walking slowly. almost as though
to dirgc music, with his white head bowed down
and his shoulders bent. Behind him at a distance
of half block I made out his rickety wagon,
driven slowly by his one servant, black boy.
The old man obviously in great trouble
| How is it that you are walking in the dust
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-16

ahead of your wagon? 1 asked, as pleasantly as
possible, thinking might cheer him up.
" 'Marias back in the wagon he said. hardly
taking his eyes off the dusty road.
Il knew Maria. his WIFE, and remarked: How
is she these days?
" She's dead; that's how she is he replied,
without changing tone expression I've got
her back there in the wagon, and I'm taking her
up to West Chester to bury her with her folks
you've been married long time ventured
for want of a more cheering thing to say. You
will miss her.
" Yes it has been a long time he said slowly.
Thirty-two years and more. She amt been off
the island since she came here bride. You see,
her folks did not approve of her marrying me-
They said 1 wasn't going to amount to nothing
She said was. Her folks was right, though
for just couldn't seem to any more than get
along. So she just stayed on the island and
never went back to see them. But don't think
she was unhappy. She had me- The old man
drew himself up, squared his rheumatic Shout
ders' and went on: She had me and had her
and what more could one want Now I'm taking
her back to her people, and I'll miss her more
than 1 can tell
The wagon had come up by this time. and the
strange funeral procession went on as before
turning into the road which leads TO the ferry OF
st. George"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-16

the electric car speeds across somebody's farm.
Stretching away to the south are farms upon
farms, all part and parcel of the greater city.
Then comes the back yard of Fort Wadsworth
within stones throw of mighty disappearing
guns planted there to guard the Narrows.
During the war;" volunteers the conductor,
1--WE could not carry passenger with camera.
We ran the cars past the fort at full speed that
Spanish spies might not see too much of the in
side of our coast defences. Now the govern
ment owns the land on both sides of the road,
and soon the railway line will be changed to run
around instead of through the fort"
At the barracks entrance couple of soldier
boys board the car and lose no time getting &C
quainted with two girls who had left the beach
in disgust because no one noticed them. Cliff
ton, Stapleton and Tompkinsvile are passed in
quick succession. and they run into each other
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-16
VILL1GES IN THE CITY.
Staten Island Has Lot That Dire
Worth q Visit.

The upper end of Staten Island is only TWEEN
ty-hVe minutes ride from the Battery and as
much a part of New-York City Hall Park
yet it is as distinctive as another country
Around the three sides of the square which this
upper end forms, from South Beach to Rowland
Hook, there runs an electric line. Between these
points a procession of villages almost unbroken
fringes the shore 20 a depth or five or more
blocks
These villages are as different as the turns in
a good vaudeville show, as varied as the
changes in WOmanS mind. Most of them
have their own postofEices None are without
an Exclusive social set" and every set has it's
own leader. Even the newest of them has some
Revolutionary or Colonial relic within its boun-
diaries, else it would not be worthy of historic
Staten Island. These boundaries by the way
are not well defined and officially they do not
exist, yet they are there, and will probably
never be erased. For the majority of New
Workers the villages are as undiscovered as
was the Kill Won KuH before Henry Hudson
sent a small boat through it,
The easiest way to discover this interesting
stretch of New-YOr1 is to go to South Beach
Staten Islands Coney-and board an open troll
ley car and ride to the Ezabethport ferry at
the Hook. The conductor comes only once for
your fare the ride being one of the longest any
railroad company gives tor a nickel 1t is well
to have some one along who is posted on the
history of the insuIar borough-a charming
Daughter OF the Revolution, If one is fortunate
or almost any antiquarian, at a pinch If the
worst comes, one can depend on the motorman
or conductor. and learn a great deal
Out of the blare of merry -go-round steam
pianos and the wheeze OF dance hall orchestras
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-16

Now for instance, there was the case Of Lyman
Odaferr said the Ioquacious landlord of the Petty
Vile tavern. He had nine children and the
asthma. four sons and five daughters, and could
hardly sleep at night in consequence
''He was pretty we'll to do financially. and had
big house and all that, and ali his sons married
girls with eIocutionary or musical or executive
ability and fetched them home to i've. and all his
daughters welded talented men Of one sort or
another and brought them home for him to sup
port. One was horse doctor and a piano tuner
another was poeticaI and had spells; the third was
natural born bonesetter and chronic and per-
Detual chair setter and so through the list, and
every one of them was too intellectual. or some
thing of the kind, to work. and each Of them felt
himself entitled to be called professor, and con-
temptuousy denied the right Of all the that
honor.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-24

golfers call fine form Miss Griscom IS
considered superior to most women
players. She hits the ball as though
she means il and prefers everyday 10
falling short. Miss Griscom belongs 10
the Merton Cricket club of Philadelphia
Genevieve Hecker. now Mrs. Stout.
has done much of her golfing as a mem
Der of the Essex Country club OF New
Jersey. Her country home was in Or
ange. She has practiced with various
organizations, lately with the Apawa-
mis- club of Rye y. Y.
Miss Hecker's golf is considered TO be
the nearest faultless of any woman's in
America. Next to this. her GOODNESS Is
what wins. She Is said TO be absolutely
iron nerved. apparently Indifferent
whether she wins or loses Her
strength is so great that spectators
wonder whence ii comes. for Mrs Stout
is only feet 3, slender and rather light
in weight But when she plays golf ev-
cry pound of her seems turned into
muscle charged with electricity She
can drive a bah 200 yards. And. no
matter what happens. she keeps her
head on, never being the least bit rat
tied or excited.
ESTHER Y. CULLEN.
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coGrase OF her convictions said To me:
"oh. cocfound IL al. Kate why don't
you brace upr Whenever ] think Of
you ] see YOU surrounded by perfect
mist Of tears" This remark was not
perhaps as tactful as il might have
been tJaCt is not the forte OF that par
ucU-ar person.. but anyway 8; was for
cihie. She brought me 10 my senses.
Thereafter / was mighty careful 60 do
al my weeping internally Its q mere
matter OF getting used 30 IT, You can
DC 1t quite as bitterly, and it doesn't
ruin the complexion. The third reason
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-24

whose intellect too often the less said
the better
on the other hand. the athletic girl Is
almost invariably the one with the fine
record in her school studies and the
vigorous mentality. With her strong,
active intellect seemed first essential to
interest her in her own physical devel-
opmeut In a word in the woman attn
Iete body and brain development pro-
coed together, in the man muscle is
frequently developed at the expense OF
brain. At least such is the verdict OF
experts like DR.. Houghton OF the New
York civil service examination board
Nothing excels golf for bringing UP
that fine physical form the new woman
needs. From the splendid game women
get the lung and chest development IN
which. Dr. Houghton says. they as
rule are deficient Perhaps this IS oW-
ing to the time honoTed ironclad corset
habit Golf gives them also that mus
CuIar spryness in which they ought 10
excel but DO not More than all ana
bette- than all woman gets here the
accuracy Of aim and GOODNESS which she
so needs In life After year or two OF
caIf woman would hardly throw
stone so il would hit a window on the
aee- when she meant il for maraud-
ir.- cat in the westerly direction No.
no. And YOU cannot possibly imagine
a woman golf champion having hys-
terics.
Words cannot measure the mental
benefits woman viii gain from golf
Miss Beatrix Hoyt- the girl who held
the championship from 1856 III lsss.
kept IL because OF her .-iBcessant steadi-
ness % playing This seems extraoTdi-
nary when n is remembered that AZ the
time she first won Il IN 1870 she was
only fifteen. a schoolgirl. with hair
down her back. During ali the three
years she held the championship she
was al school and she was 50 shy that
she did not wholly enjoy her high honor
because of the fame it brought The
moment she finished even game that
placed her al the head 81 the women
golfers OF America she made for home
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-24
A CLEVER FRENCH WOMAN.
New York.

Mime. AIphonse Daudet is an exceed
inCly clever woman and the author o. a
number Of volumes III prose and verse.
She is an untiring worker for she nev-
er allows her literary work 20 deter her
from social or household matters. Her
husband found in her an indefatigable
helper and companion IN all his literary
pursuits. Husband and wife. it is said.
shared the same desk. and he consulted
her in every matter connected with
business. She has a clear head for
finance not often met with in 2 woman
and she il was who placed her hus-
band work with publishers and looked
after his interests generally. Nine
Daudet is a great admirer Of English
women. and one Of her most charming
books is that containing her impress
sions 81 English society when she visit
ed London some years ago with her
husband and daughter Nine Dauder $
manner IS unaffected and sympathetic.
while her taste in dress is very good
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-24
FEMININE GOLF
AND CHAMPION
WOMEN PLAYERS

I'm the noble old Scottish game there
is no woman who equals the best
male players, but several leading
IL women golfers take rank along
with the best men players outside
of the few famous champions. The
present woman champion. Genevieve
Hecker Stout, is conceded TO almost
equal the men champions As Gene
We've Hecker she has won the women's
championship in golf for the past two
years. 1t was while playing golf that
she met and won her fine young hus-
band. Charles Tudor Stout, also an ex-
pert at the game. Thus another ath-
letic girl is married. Athletic girls al
ways marry. 1t were good thing for
the race if all mothers came from the
feminine athletic class.
Four young ladies have held the wo-
mans golf championship of the United
States. The first was Miss Beatrix
Hoyt, champion three years, 1896, 1897,
1898. In 1899 Miss Ruth Underhill won
and held the cup a year. Then in 1900
it was taken by Miss Frances c. Girls
com. In 1901 and 1902 Miss Genevieve
Hecker carried of the prize.
If there is one thing the woman that
is to be needs for her development it
is vigorous outdoor exercise. Educate
woman bodily, bring up her lamentably
lacking and neglected physique, and all
the rest which goes to the making of
the noble. perfected woman will follow.
A curious difference has been noted be-
tween male and female athletes. The
man athlete has the splendidly devel-
oped body in his line of physical Gull
ture. whatever that may be, sometimes
all round He is noted as the crack
baseball or football player, oarsman or
sprinter. But brain development in
seven cases out of ten goes not with
body development in the male athlete.
He is simply a strong, timber animal. Of
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are trimmed with deep lace collars VEL
vets and soufache brad
F-ffty-seven Eou.en are employed a.
regular mall carriers 10 the rural free
delivery service. am the names q
abozf - are carried OF re substitute
list This Isrxe u1zter is r1a1e % ~
ths wives ana dsgehtsEs q rhe regular
carrier
A woman became tcothlsss ~ IN azs
OF seventy ar.-afteen years sEo. Nov
a. the age q ninety ssEsTsl ns~ teeth
haze appeared ln heT guns
MrG Fannie Wilder % s. Pau
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famous Shinnecoek Hills IN. " Golf
club. Both she and her mother are
prominent in church work
In 1899 another New York girl defeat.
ed Beatrix Hoyt for the United States
championship. and she too. had a
grandfather on the mothers side. The
young lady was Miss Ruth Underhiu
granddaughter of Charles A. Dana
Miss Underhill is proof that among wo-
men athletes brains and muscle go to-
gether. She is an admirable writer. so
also is her mother. Again blood tells.
Miss Underhill was the founder of the
Women's Metropolitan Golf association
Each one of these notable girl golf
players wins by a different mental
quality, which shows itself physically.
If Miss Hoyt's playing is characterized
by 'incessant stsadiness." that which
won the cup for Miss Underhin is re-
markable accuracy at close quarters"
This is said TO be the kind of golf that
usually wins. Ruth Underhill belongs
to the Nassau On. W Country club
In October, 1906, the Cox silver cup.
the championship trophy, was won
from Miss Underhill by Frances c.
Griscom of Philadelphia Miss Girls
CONS father is Clement A Griscom.
president of the International Naviga-
ton company. Lloyd Griscom, minis
ter to Persia, is her brother. The story
of how Miss Griscom became interested
in golf is a good one. The family has
been much in Europe, and in Scotland
Miss Frances brothers became ardent
golf enthusiasts. One of them estab-
lished golf links on the family grounds
near Philadelphia Here the youths
spent most of their time. Miss Frances
and her girl friends often needed the
boys or wanted their company. On
these occasions they always steered
straight for the golf links and always
found the objects of their search there
Frances became interested in the royal
game on her own account and learned
it from her brothers.
Later she also spent considerable time
in Scotland, playing golf in its home
Six years she practiced off and on. In
1900 she returned home from a pro-
Ionged tour in eastern Europe and be-
gan practicing for match games. Her
brother Rodman, an exceptionally
strong player, was her coach and her
caddie. He himself caddies her in the
great match games. Miss Frances
Griscom is a noble beautiful sample Of
physical womanhoOd. She has superb
health and high spirits, just as all girls
ought to have. In her playing Miss
Griscom is characterized by grip,
strength and a wide whirling swing
In that mysterious something which
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WOMAN NEW AND OLD.

The emerald is now the most fashion
able stone EUe.alGS are worn with 3
gown of some shade Of green.
Mrs Minnie N Beicher is head OF the
n n BelCher Co. Albany. y Y. which
does large publishing business
The late Rabbi Gustav tfottheil OF
New York established the first Jewish
sisterhood.
Peter Thompson frochs with deep
yoke back and front and entire gown
falling in one piece in shallow box
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around doing things for people-boost-
ing them. as it were"
We'll" 1 remarked. its to her cred
it."
'Humphi' she sneered. DO you sup
pose she ever gets any thanks for it?'
Goodness" I exclaimed. The wom-
an who does things in expectation of
being rewarded Tor them is a fool You
don't want 10 class your friend that
way, do you?"
And that's just about it. If doing
kind things doesn't give you a happy
feeling around the heart, then. in
heavens name. don't do them, for
that's ali the compensa ton you'll ever
get.
But there are some people. YOU know.
who seem 10 think that Is enough.
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kinds-bTass. tin, copper. nickel Rub
over with q damp cloth dipped n ashes
Don't give only tvo fingers &C. De
shaSen and don't grasp your friend :
hand as 4 II vas a pump handle
There Is q harry medium which Is not
difficult 20 attain IRE fingers = she
hand should D. held and gently sha ken
The palm = uog ErssIesl and sczscsiT
touched ia the INCEST han,ishzEe
Mss Alverda II. Stout o. Columbus IS
a mechanical engineer. regularly IL
censed by the state % ohio. When she
was examined for the license the chief
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whose Wiu sas recently pfohzts5. lss'
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Cry
j. is ~ proper c1aer 20 wrzr Eua ~
and ze1-s g. match - coi5v sr1 if T. .
pretty c0uee5t Har1frre iarffa1sau
gems ia sI 20 coiarE are uacssrats iH
81
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have all the evenings this week taken" "
why. of course no one but the smokers
was aware OF the conversation.
Do you know what? At the end Of
the first month every man in. the house
was crazy to know such a popular girl
So much for diplomacy! l have always
contended that girl with head is
worth two with just features.
And, speaking of features, they are
gradually going out of sight on account
of the new huge hats. Great scheme-a
huge. pretty hat for homely girl.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-24

examiner said. i never received such
positive. knowing replies Miss Stout
operates a stationary engine and = her
oVr fireman
Childrer's hats are larger fSftsT and
move deliberately trimmed than they
wee IN me winter
Queen Ai@xAndra e England - Sue
cessfu3 photographic and has many Tlc-
tuFes which she herself nas taken
Nothing IS more chic t1ar TIRE wraps
THAI are shown IA the shops FOR wear
over light gowns They are % po-g@e
in pure white and IRE natural colcr. and
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without waiting TO be congratulated
Camera people pursued her in vain.
Miss Hoyt is the granddaughter OF
Hon Salmon P. Chase. governor OF
Ohio. secretary of the treasury during
the civil war and the originator Of the
greenhack currency and finally CHEZ
justice Of the supreme court OF the
United States Blood seems TO tell here.
Beatrix Hoyt's playing record EQUALS
that Of Lady Hamilton. three years
woman champion golfer OF Great Brit
ain. Miss Hoyt is the child of Judge
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CheerfuIness the Motto.

CheerfUlness is now my motto. 1t has
been for some time: ever since ! &C
quired sense. That's why | can afford
to smile when l hear these hard luck
stories. ] find il works pretty well.
positively seem TO be becoming more
popular every day, now that people have
ceased TO be afraid of me-afraid that
l would drop tears in the soup or mois-
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~ I, it's such a sad shame! Her
6 a life is ruined"
Well why doesn't she do
~ something 10 remedy it,"
Ny dear. you wouldn't say
that if YOU knew all that she has ex-
perienced
oh, ] don't even want to quote any
more of HAT conversation. It makes
me angry all the way through.
Sorrow. indeed, Which OF US has not
known it2 And those who know il
most are those who show it least
I don't mind saying exactly what l
think on this subject OF sorrow. I
don't believe in the sorrow THAI has to
mahe itself felt by the wearing of
Grape and doleful garments. That is
downright salfshness; it is forcing your
weight OF woe on a world which at best
is none too joyous. ] don't believe in
the sorrow that Weeps and walls and
spends itself on the kindness Of its
friends. I don't believe in the sorrow
that goes ABOUT forever with d long
face proclaiming its pain.
l am ia "a position 10 speak OF this be-
cause I was that kind myself once upon
time ! Wept and walled until even
my friends srew TO hate the sight of
me. Because I carried such a pain in
my own breast ] ached 10 make other
people feel it for just one second in or
der that they might understand.
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plaits loosely belted ara fashionable for
children.
Use common sense in ali things Hot
water soap and vigorous scrubbing
with soft brush are necessary 10 thor
oughly cleanse the skin but -his in all
cases should be followed by cold
shower OF spray TO harden Jhe tender
skin and keep the individual from tax
ing cold
There IS nothing equal 70 finely sifted
coal ashes for Frightening metals Of all
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til the mood is over. Suffer if you
must-that you can't help-but even
if its a pain that gives you no mo-
ment's rest, that gnaws you ike ser
pent. keep il to yourself Choke over it
if necessary. but don't show it. II sor-
row makes you haggard. there is such
a thing as pink powder. ! believe its
the first tine I have advocated 1t in
these columns. but here Goes-and
laugh. laugh. always laugh Its so
easy After you've done it q few times
it's almost mechanical. and the muscles
get used TO il. If the laugh doesn't DO
YOU any good. think Of the other people.
When you spoil their little world, they
don't love YOU.
Err think that's about all. Don't
you wish that girl hadn't come in and
whined just before began this letter?
M-m-m2 So GO l.