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New-York tribune., 1903-05-17

my boy, just before he died. wanted me 10
rromise TO move said the father, but don
know"
And again ss face to face with the apatny u
the tenement dweller.
This exnosition brought the Board of Health
down on this particular tenement Ii was
ordered vacated The owner made a few IePa
and had the house thoroughly cleaned Iheh lhe
tenants moved in again. and are still living 'ieie
in the sickly stuffy, dark and damp rooHis'
rwo wears after New-York passed law giving
the Board of Health power to vacate and remove
houses adjudged unfit for human haoltauoh Nia'ea
chusetts passed similar law FOR time ING
Board OF Health fairly active during the last
five years the board has torn down over one nun
dred and fifty dwellings and fifty stables. On
few Of the sites thus vacated new tenement houses
of a sanitary sort have been built but many OF
them are still unimproved. That there are scores
of houses in Boston deserving the extreme SEN
tence of the board is asserted by tenement house
workers.
Roston's slurns are not hard TO find nor difficult
to reach Within stones throw of the state
House. whose golden dome shines out In the sun
by day and under the electric glow by night are
houses which were once the mansions of the arfs-
tocrats now tumbledown and unsanitary, inhabited
bv thousands of the poorest class of Italians and
Jews The old North End--the Sixth and Eighth
wards-are the principal slum districts. The irish
and coIored people, who drove out the old Boston
families have in turn been driven to the suburban
districts Although there have been practically no
new tenement houses built in this district, and
wholesale houses have incroached TO no inconsid-
erable extent the population of the district in
creased nearly ten thousand in five years. an in
crease of nearly 20 per cent
A trip through this district with Board of
Health inspector is full of interest The tene-
uent in its worst form is much IN evidence Many
of the older buildings mere frame shells.
zone would think the owner OF this building
would be ashamed to take the rent remarked the
visitor as the inspector led him out of the dark
hallway of a filthy crowded tenement house that
has several times been under the ban of the Board
of Health.
Would you?" questioned the inspector, smiling.
ct is evident that you know nothing of Boston
landlords. This particular building is owned by
wealthy woman who poses as a philanthropist.
She is chairman of the social service committee
of a prominent and powerful woman's club in
suburban town.
Even the Easements and cellars of the old houses
in the district are occupied tenements. They
are damp and unhealthy and there is no light but
that which comes from Pickering gas jets. The
basement dpellers are invariably dirty. and the
death rate among them is great. Yet basement
viii rent for 81 50 So a week and they never
closed as long as the landlords can find a tenant
THE personal habits Of tenement house dwellers
New-York tribune., 1903-05-17

varieties Of want caused by cruel and unjust cond-
tons OF life
There have been no end of Investigations car
ried out by private initiative, but they have
amounted to little because they had no official
standing or the Of their investigation were
not promptly presented. The earliest, and the one
which really started the movement, was made by
Professor Dwight Porter. In 1891 the State caused
the Bureau OF Labor TO make a thorough and eH-
haustive investigation, but nothing came OF that
but two heavy volumes of report. II stated that
1sas houses were intolerable as TO demand most
summary measures for their destruction Nothihs
was done about # until 1885. when a special com
rnittee Of the Common Council was appointed 10
consider improvements. This never got beyoho d
short partial report.
In 1897 the Twentieth Century Club. one of the
most progressive and thorcughgoing organizations
tn Boston took UP the fight for better tenements
An experienced investigator was found in H X
F5stabrook who reported nearly hundred I'M
possible slunns Here is sample Of what he found;
In the South End. just across westinghouse
from the cathedral, IS long, narrow passage at
No 1859 into well which has five and six stored
walls on every side A four story tenement stands
at the narrower end OF the well The open space
81 front varies from l5 feet al one END, 10 inches
at the otler. Across il is a six stored factory
On one side the open space is from TO 20 feet wide
20 two and Eve storied houses; on the other side
81 is lust feet wide-just enough for fire escapes
10 2 three STORED house. On the back Of the house
there are no outside windows.
The ,airshafl feet inches long. feet inches
wide IS built within the outer house wall and COW
ere6 by skylsght Hence Il provides little or no
light TO the windows opening it, and no venti-
lation at ali except where paues Of glass are fort
unately broken Sixteen windows open on this
shaft eight in bedrooms and eight in waterciosets
the latter ventilated through these windows only.
II is probably sickening even 20 imagine how foul
is the air in this shaft yet all the windows eight
bedrooms have are in this shaft, and all the air
they can get comes from st.
--On each floor Of this house two tenements
OF four rooms each. The never shines in any
Of. the rooms and Of them dark and
damp even warm. bright days Several days
after 81 had rained found the outer wall of one
room on the second floor wet that the water al
most dropped from IL. IL dry, was told, only
IN midsummer
Mr. Estabrook went then to outline the sick
ness which he found there There not a single
healthy family, and in particular in ter
rible condition after having lived in the tenement
for several years The had died from quick
couslJrnptior tire mother deaf from catarrh.
one of two boys always sickly. one daughter
was very bad with catarrh and the other was be-
coming feeble minded
-.T don't suppose Il IS right for US TO live here
the old father told him sadly. Even in the light
es, window can't get my plants 70 live
AsWhy don't you mover" the investigator asked
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there is no doubt that the Holy Seat would
suffer a notable decrease IN its revenues in ths
event of the repeal Of the Concordat
The latter is far more imminent than appears
to be realized. For the French Chamoer mas
now before it an elaborate b-l devised for that
object. which is sponsored not only by nearly
one hundred Of the tncip supporters OK the
administration. including such men as NM de-
Pressense and JaurCz. who is one OF the vice
presidents OF the Cham OF Deputies. but
which. more significant still. is indorsed by tho
Paris Temps" that IS to say by the ministerial
organ. Public opinion in fact. may be said tC
ba ripe for the separation of church and state
In France and the idea finds support even
among t'e very prelates and clergy themselves
who declare that they would enjoy more free
dom in the performance Of their ecclesiastical
duties IL they were not hampered by the rules
and regulations to which they are compelled To
submit as paid servants Of the government
should France abrogate this treaty = n the
Papacy. the latter would at once respond by
Withdrawing from the eldest daughter Of the
Church" as she is styled the protectorate OF
Roman Catholic interests throughout the Orient
which she has enjoyed for two centuries or
more. and which in the days when she had no
colonial dependencies gave her a right to put
herself forward on the same footing Great
Britain. Spain and other countries with vast
transporting dependencies and immense Asiatic
trade Formerly French commerce in the Orient
w-s almost NIL. and had it not been for frances
protectorate Of the interests Of the Catholic
Church there she would have had no locus
standi. To-day, however, she has developed
into one OF the greatest OF colonial powers.
owns an immense empire in the southeastern
portion Of Asia, and can therefore readily af-
ford to face with equanimity and indifference
the prospect of the Papacy transferring the pro-
tectorate Of its interests in the Orient 10 En-
peror William. Ex-ATTACHE.
New-York tribune., 1903-05-17
EpeEwoop INN SOON TO OPEN.

Edgewood Inn, the summer resort at Greenwich
the shore OF Long Island Sound which made its
opening distinctly successful last year, is
to open its doors again for the summer on Wednes-
day. May a. and has MADE satisfactory engage
ments for the early season, with a practically full
house assured within the first month Frank f
shute the manager, whose conduct of the new
house made 1t popular among the patronage TO
which 1t caters. has just finished another OF
success at the Laurel-in-t Pines. Lakewood, OF
which he has been assistant manager for several
seasons He is busy with summer correspondence
and looks forward to an even larger summer bust
than A casino, the EdgewoOd
Inn Club house has been built near the hotel for
rainy day and golf and tennis headquarters,
dance parties etc. and several woodland
walks have been opened up through the beautiful
country Of which Edgewood Park is the central
point of interest. The inn gained much favor last
summer driving-in point for coaching parties
and for the service Of special dinners and ianch-
cons among the smart set of Greenwich and its
suburbs and the uearness of the place TO New
York gives II growing popularity visiting point
New-York tribune., 1903-05-17

are responsible for much of our trouble con-
have to report at least twice week. The land
lord no sooner gets it cleaned up than the ten
ants resume dumping garbage into It.
He took the visitor to the top floor of neigh l;l
lighted inside room The day was cold, and he
had a wood fire burning in an old stove. The
into the room. His wood he chopped on the hoor
Now. it is certainly unhealthy to live as this
man does continued the inspector. but there is
IN his room with smoke and chop wood on the
In another tenement house the inspector investi-
gated the plumbing. and found the pipe connec-
What became of these closet pipes?' he de-
manded of the sIoveny Italian woman who lived
Ma husband he cut 'em out" she replied braz-
what for7''
ITO buy-a the wine"
lead pipes in his own dwelling" he explained. He
sells the pipes and buys cheap wine III report
be set on the street
There has been great deal Of building Id in in ses1oa sss
the poorer families. Those who have advanced
o se aa @n9 Of sor oP hTe no
Guilty ndng quarters Block after block < Of th1es
For the poorer people nothing has been done.
present building laws and tenement house regula-
say saSiN the iandiords IF you can show us way
whereby we can make even per cent we are
The law governing the construction Of tenement
houses
be more than e5 par cent Of the lot. and also an
open space across the whole rear OF the building,
and of depth equal TO one-hah the width OF the
front street not exceeding twenty feet. II the
tenement house is of more than four stories In
height must be of freproof construction through
out
This IS the present tenement house law OF Bos-
ton" says MIR. Paine. 1t certainly handicaps the
construction OF tenement houses but whether it is
stringent and the influences are HARMFUL is not
yet apparent. So far impulse IS given 10
scatter the population into the healthier suburbs
and into the small separate. detached SUBURBAN
homes. each with its little plot OF land instead or
the fearful overcrowding OF families in the huge
fare of the people must certainly rejoice.
significant factor in clearing up Boston's tene-
ment house problem has been the influence OF
phanthropic enterprise reflected in co-opefa-
tive building societies and banks One OF the former
has s40eoe0 invested in seventy-eght houses which
shelter more than a thousand persons There is
Harrison-aye- group. of three storied bricks which
has attracted attention a model tenement house.
II has hollow square In the centre turned into
a playground for children. The group is being
duplicated tract OF 80. 900 feet Massachu-
Charles s. Harnlin is chairman of the Mayors
Commission from which so much is expected. He
IS a lawyer ex-Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
and FOUGHT CASTOR for the Democratic nomination
for Governor of Massachusetts, in the last
uaign The other members are A. w. Longfellow,
= prominent architect: Edwin D. Mead of the
founders of the Twentieth Century Club. philan-
fhroDist and writer Nathan Waxman. Vice-pres-
dent of the United Jewish Charities; James T.
Carroll. a real estate man. who represents Catholic
charities; Samuel N. Child. assistant city solicitor.
New-York tribune., 1903-05-17
ENTRANCE TO REAR HOUSES ON NoRMAN-sTv, BOSTON.

ment exercises of Columbia University In the Co
lumbia gymnasium.
The board of editors for 1.-THE Mortarboard' tne
Barnard annual Published by the junior class. mas
been elected as follows: Editor in chief. Emily
Hutchinson; business manager, Helen Cooley' asso
ciate editors Florence Nye, Grace Farreliy, Saran
Hovt Mary Lee, Isabelle Mott and Lily MuTTGy
Caroline Hall 'O6, Faith da Ia Tour Chlpperneld
'0S and Edith Van Ingen, 0l, have been mace
associate editors of 1.-The Barnard Bulletin; Eisa
AIsberg 'O2 the founder of the paper, mas beeh re-
elected aIumna editor: -. ....o.,o, o+
The Officers of the Undergraduate Association OF
Barnard will next year be: Presldent, lara NJ
ANnleeate: yice-president, Charlotte NJ. fountalhi
secretary Isabelle Mott treasurer, Alice HasKeli;
The French Society of Barnard has elected the
following officers for next year. President Margaret
stone '64 yice-president, Marjorie Bacon. O4 sec
retary Charlotte Fountain. 'o4; treasurer, Romola
The Woman's Southern Club of Columbia Uni
versitv has elected the following officers for next
wear, President Elizabeth Coltin; vice-president,
Mary zee; second vice-president, sarah Rogers:
third vice-president, Frances Berkeley; recordlng
secretary Anna Cash; corresponding secretary,
Iucv /, Powell; treasurer, Alice Rheinstein Ine
club gave reception last Tuesday to the honorary
members the university faculties and the friends
of the members at the apartments of the club IN
Earle Hall. - ..., x.
Miss Florence Colgate, who is now retiring from
her office as alumna trustee of Barnard gave tea
last Thursday at the Women's University CLUB IN
order to introduce her successor, MIS- FRANK IT,
Bryson, to the board of trustees
New-York tribune., 1903-05-17
DELIGHTS OF L1KEWOOD
Balmy Days FoIIo7ced by Refreshing
NIGHTS at This Ideal Spot.

Lakewood n j. May Is CSpeciaD.-The Lakewood
season is drawing to close after one of the finest
spring seasons in its resort history. Seldom has
the weather been so favorable for so many success
sive weeks warm balmy days followed by nights
cool and refreshing and with beautiful moonlight
The lake has been the rendezvous of all visitors
from morning until late evening, and the boats are
in commission all hours, with occasional sailing
parties tacking up and down the two-miie stretch
The young people have full sway in the evening,
and the song and laughter Of many merry boat
load far up the lake come down over the water,
minglng with the constant treble of the tree
toads in the willows along the shore. Lakewood
is an ideal spot at this of the year as only
the late season stayers know and it Is pity that
some OF the larger hotels should close for the sum-
mer before the 1st Of June.
The Observation-Disclosures closed its doors on Tues
day morning turning away a large number of re-
luctant guests. The Laurel House and the Palmer
House remain open until June l, and both are re-
porting a room-full business for over Sunday. The
Lexington, usual, will keep open during the
summer.
The manager and assistant managers of Lake
woods famous hotels. the Laurel House and
the Laure-in-the- Pines. will locate with June at
their summer properties, Briarclin Lodge Briarclif
Manor, on the Hudson; Edgewood Inn. Greenwich
tases Jefferson. in the White Mountains. n. H.
The Laurel House arrivals this week include the
Rev. DR.. and Mrs. Morgan Dix. Mrs. Frederick j.
de Peyster. Miss Frances @. de Peyster, William c.
George J. Kenny, W. E. Rumble. Mrs. A. S. Fergu-
son. Thomas D Fish. Mrs G. F. Morgan m Sc 6; F.
George W Walker Noah MacDoweIl, Joseph s
Stout, jr. the Rev Albert d. Wilson. Mrs. H A
Wilson. Louis r. Dressler. J. G. Lydecker, J. G.
Davis. Mr.. and Mrs George c. Smith, George NJ
r. Adee, of New-York; Mr. ana Mrs ,., Henry IGo. e.
L. Nesmth Mr.. and Mrs. j. 1. Duryea, the Misses
Duryea, Alfred w Jenkins, Mrs. James NJ. jenkins,
OF Brooklyn Jacob A. Detwiller, Miss Detwiller,
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Fitch and Miss Fitch, of Jersey
City: Mr. and Mrs. Hugh B. Wick of Youngstown
Ohio; Mr.. and Mrs. S. David Holden, Mr.. and Mrs
John Teagle, of Cleveland: Mr.. and Mrs Clarence
H. Howard. of St. Louis; Mr.. and Mrs. Farnham
Lyon and party, OF Saginaw, Mich.
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course IN principles and methods OF teaching viii
be conducted by Joseph g. Taylor, Ph. D.. diStrfcu
superintendent OF New-York City
Under the patronage of Miss Harriet s, Arnold.
of Providence, r. l., the of instruction in
Boston sloyd will be given by Miss Katherine NJ
Heck. In addition to sOyd there win be instruc-
ton given in basket weaving. wood carving and
inlaying by Miss Pauline Heck
The department OF physical culture will be in
the charge Of Miss Loretta Hawthorne Hayes OF
Waterbury, Conn
Miss Marion T. Meagher, Of New-York will give
instruction in drawing. painting. outdoor sketch
ing, etc.
Professor Marc F. vaIlette will conduct classes in
French and Spanish.
Professor Camille w ZeCkwer will conduct
classes in vocal and instrumental music.
The prospectus for 1903 may be procured by adj
dressing Warren E MOsher. secretary, No. - East
Forty-second-st, New-YOrk City
New-York tribune., 1903-05-17
CATHOLIC SUMMER SCHOOL LECTURES.

The twelfth annual session Of the Champlain
Summer School will open on July and extend
to September 4. The New-York State Teachers
Association will hold it's annual convention on the
summer school grounds at Cliff Haven. n y
on July / 2 and g. On Monday July S. the session
Of the summer school will formally open. ana
Professor John T. Nicholson. ex-president OF ths
Ney-Yor< State Teachers Association. viii deliver
an address on cooperative Principles The SIX
weeks course in English literature will begin on
Monday July g. at 1870 a. m in the Cliff Haven
Auditorium. The lecturers will be the Rev. Hugh
It. Henry Lit. D., and Conde B. Pallen- IL D
The department Of pedagogy will be under ths
direction OF Professor John Dwyer district super
fntendent Of schools Of the city OF New-York. Ths
New-York tribune., 1903-05-17
IN AN OlDTIME HOUSE.

To go down into the low-ceiled kitchen. with It's
heavy rough hewn timbers, and its great hreplacs
with the logs turning Goals: 10 look into the
old brick oven. where bread for a regiment could
easily have been baked. and. perChanCe. to bs
asked TO sit down on the old wooden Settee undSr
the little window where the pot of flowers stands,
and drink tea from a quaint blue cup, will COM
plete the charm the place has thrown about you
Many fantasies will throng the mind. and tho
shadows cast upon the walls by the waverinS light
Of the candles will recall the legend that spirits
make this house their hOme-Oue booted and
spurred. and with a military step; the other a
rustic of silk, and Whit of rare Perfume From
"A PatriarchaI Mansion. by Bessie H Dean. in
Four-Track News for May.
New-York tribune., 1903-05-17

who has had charge of all the suits brought against
tfe cty for the destruction of tenement houses oy
the Board of Health and Charles Logue, builder
with experience in the tenement house dlStictS
II ia a representative committee and its recon-
mendations will be of great weight LII,
The photographs which illustrate TINS artlcle
show typical Boston slums they exist to-day.
though some of the particular buildings nave beel
torn down The photographs furnished through
the kindness of E. H. Chandler, secretary OF the
Twentieth Century Club. who has spent much
time investigating tenement house conditions.
New-York tribune., 1903-05-17
ELECTIONS at BARNARD COLLEGE.

The regular academic exercises at Barnard Col
lege are now ended for the season. The final
amnations will be held until the end of the month.
On June the class day dance OF the senior class
win be held in the Columbia gymnasium; on June
the class day exercises will be held in the Barnard
Theatre; the evening of June a class day sup
per will be held by the senior class in the Barnard
Theatre: on June the ser iors will attend the bac
calaureats sermon. and on June " the commence
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-05
Y. N. {. A. CONFERENCE
a NUMBER OF INTERESTING PA
PERS TO BE READ.

Secretary Stuart b. Hams, Assist
ant Secretary william d Watson and
Physical Instructor Clarnece II. G..
Burlingame, of the local Y NJ. Q. a.
will leave early Wednesday morning
for Anchorage, Ky, TO attend the
state conference of general and assist
ant secretaries and physical directors,
which will convene there Wednesday
afternoon.
The general theme OF the program is
1.-THE Life of Young Men" Secreta-
ry Hanna will deliver an address on
THE Conditions and Needs Of Young
Men in Kentucky Socially and the AS.
sociation's Relation Thereto"
State Secretary II. L. Rosevear, and
Field Secretary Il. J. Michel, of Louis.
Vile, both Of whom are we'll known
here are also on the program. The
conference will last two days.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-05
HISTORIC RELIC
Piece of the Original Cable
Found Today.
Was Laid Before the War By Captain
Jack Sleetb, Of Paducah.

A piece of the first submarine cable
ever laid was found today by Manager
A. l.. Joynes Of the East Tennessee
Telephone company, up at Telegraph
Landing" about seven miles above
Paducah on the Tennessee river. 1t
is a piece of the cable lai1 by the late
Captain Jack Sleeth, of Paducah, and
said by many to have been the first
submarine cable ever operated. Cap
tain Sleeth was said to be the real in
ventor of the cable, and there are
various claims in regard to the enter
prise, but some of the older citizens
say that the original cable, piece of
which Manager Joynes unearthed to-
day, completed Geographic connection
between Evansville, Ind, and Nash
Vile. Tenn, and crossed the Ohio
river some where above here, and the
Tennessee river from Telegraph land
ing. where Manager Joynes found,
but he did not bring it all to the city
with him.
During the war Captain Sleeth's
cable was destroyed by soldiers and
never rebuilt, but another wss built
across the Ohio, and Manager Joynes
about three years ago found piece Of
this also, both Of which he retained
and values highly as curiosities.
There is a vast difference between
those early cables and the modern
cable. There is in the old ones one
wire. which was covered with an in
sulation of a substance resembling tar
and canvas, and then bound upin
twist of strong wires
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-05
CURES WEAK MEN FREE.
Insures Love and a Happy Home for All

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years of suffering from sexual weakness, lost
vitality, night losses, yaticocele. etc, and en-.
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All correspondence is strictly confidential,
mailed in plain, sealed envelope. The rcoei
is free for asking aud they want every man
to have IT,