New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-27
GOSSIP or THE BOROUGH.

In some respects there was a strong resemblance
between the gathering held in Historical Hall on
Thursday night 20 discuss ways and means for
building a new Academy Of Music and the old
fashioned Nevv-I,r gland town meeting II was an
usseublsge Of many Of The most prominent ciu-
ions most Of them known 10 another. The oh
5ect was 70 replace the old Academy in order that
local life social musical ana political, and The
plea was that without ID The community would lose
sided and allowed considerable informality IL the
discussion
There was au amusing exchange Of banter be
tween Nr. IIttleton and Thomas j. Peters and
Henry Batternar. who thought that the Eastern
District had been sighted. IN his speech tho Bor
ouch President said
Forty second st. in Manhattan IS the centre OF
playhouse. and our population IS moving in the
EN-Boroeeh President swanstrom spoke along
the same lines. and when Mr.. Peters, who lives ga
The Eastern District got up 10 speak he took them
BON 10 fash SAYING that perhaps i was not
toward the centre Il Manhattan. and that there
Fory-secoIGst. that brought the residents OF that
section n the borough more closely in touch with
new tbeatr sean nesrIy two thonsai,d pers6ns
N- Tir-l+l- the~ RiIr7fiv rolorize5 for overlook
ing The Growth o. the Eastern District and said:
Borough PRESIDENT ana myself were like the men
making So much noise ourselves that we c6uldn't
+ hear what was going on around about Us. I am
/ II Thar section Of the borough
"Then nut the new Academy somewhere rear
We'll suppose We win have TO do something
1 trict"
o Ex-Mayor Scheren said he believed that everv-
4 body seemed 10 agree that a new Academy should
be built but that tho problem seemed 20 be how 70
get money. He said that great ms nv persons
+ were Ike one be had in mind the other day in
. speskiHg 20 friend. The latter asked him how
much he thought Nj. would give 20 the fund
4 and Mr.. Scheren REPLIED:
/ I know about what he'll DO. He loves to give
]
Strange ideas regarding the duties OF the Borough
President entertained by some persons IN dis
tant States. They have an idea that President Lit
tleton maintains al Information bureau. or should
and that De has corps Of detectives ready 10 be
assigned 20 missions suggested 10y non-residents
Not SO long ago letter was received from a small
town Ia Alabama, which IN substance read:
Ny daughter Is about 20 marry Mr. --. who
man and ssys Le fs a rer3ber 81 1 w G LIE
. church in your town Now, recently, I have re-
ceived Information that leads 30 believe this
man Is married and has wife in Brooklyn. viii
you plense look her M. ~ she there and let us
know al about it2 Ny daughter loves this young
has wife.
Borough Secretary He1ernan replied TO this letter
that be was sorry 10 report that trace OF Mr.
- or his alleged wife could be discovered He
had scarcely dictated the reply when another came
from Southern State, asking that the person who
as ,rrc i TS s qs an ~ lS the 5 oe.,
ing iu Brooklvn be arrested and lrGsecuted FOR
Islander at once. Letters asking FOR Information
business men. who advertise in out-of-town papers
are 50 common, that regular form letter IS kept
10 send out n reply.
Prominent az every big Ere IN Brooklyn are the
FIRE chapians. the Rev Thomas +. NcGronan. .
Catholic priest. and the Rev il. A EandeI. an
Episcopal clergyman. They 60 quietly about
ready 70 minister 10 the injured and dying Z there
b. such CT look after the welfare OF the men
az their work and Tightening II with humorous re
ma NJ h-~
quite forty years ago; than half OF that time
has been spent IA America out in the Rocky
Mountains IN colorado. where he served FIVE OF hts
eight years ~ ministry. Mr.. Handel was known as
settlement Of MeekeT he ninisjerei 10 eli classes
N manly. frank way that won him the support
elled The little chapel put In a. roof and built
his own hands T5a dF SIS ,u.r 5fggi,r- beVs6 t,fs
own timber and carried his own brick and mortar.
got only be the minister. but also the sexton:
Not only did he minister 20 the sick. but he buried
done BY himself of,n he traveile3 as Ear a sew
enty-fye or one hundred miles 10 conduct a mar
hope Of reward. Mr.. Handel is a hroad-ninded
lleI'L man. and has faculty OK making trends
story s, told to how he succeeded n getting the
when ban game was On with a team from rival
-r1-L ne pitcher o. the local nine was injured
seemed certain. Mr.. Handel heard Of the dim
days volunteered TO take The box lis curves so
1891 lle enemy That the home team achieved
ne town and everybody rallied 10 his appeals;
say; be had desecrsted the sabbath IN PLAYING Iall
he hod done % for the glory Of God. The follow
. ing opinion 81 Mr.. Handel was written hy a gam
. bier OF Meeker: 3d.
TAX about gentlemen. 7 want 10 refer Won 10
tfe Rev. Mr.. Handel. Of the Episcopal Church Of
tha town, lie took twelve noguls 10 his own
house and treated u 81 were the twelve
apostles who had come 20 visit him In the spirit
world There 3 "a man. II there ever was one
lie treats everybody De meets ike gentlemen. II
tle ministers OF the gospel were an Ike him every
Truthr-s son "a the land would be a member -
some church. and there would he no vacant seats
lu his work iu the Brooklyn Fire Departroens NJ
Handel has been no less successful ffe atrributes
this success in small measure o the anrIi-a-
ton or the idea that he expresses as follows.
Men must be treated Ike men-not as children.
or weak and feeble creatures To reach "a mans
heart you must know hs feelings. his faults and his
weakness. knowing All this one must be ever
sympathy"