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Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-21
"wlLD METHODS" IN AMERICA.


President of Germnni Life FavOrs
European Policy Holders.
NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-The Washing
ton Life Insurance company. the Ger
mania Life Insurance company and the
Bankers Life Insurance company di-
vided the attention of the Legislative
insurance investigating committees
session here. John Tatlock, president
of the Washington Life, declared that
personally he favored Il distribution of
earnings every five years. The witness
TOOK occasion to say that Thomas f.
Ryan never sold the Washington Life
any securities and that he never infiu-
enced or suggested to the finance board
what securities to buy. Mr.. Tatlock
said he thought insurance companies
should be run by men in touch with
Wall street because of their knowledge
of the security market. He also fa-
vored the idea of insurance companies
specializing in securities.
Cornelius Doremus, president of the
Germania Life, was called to the stand
and said that about one-third of his
company's business was done in Eu-
rope, principally in Germany, and that
this business in many respects is bet
ter than any done in America. He de-
ciared it to be more stable, there being
fewer lapses, while the cost is a great
deal less than in America. The med
zeal direction is also better in Germa-
ny, he said. He characterized the
American ways Of doing business as
wild methods"
10. 4. Baylies. who collected the fund
to defeat the mortgage tax law, said
on the stand that he secured a fund of
500 0 for this purpose.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-21
BIG WEDDING
IN NEW YORK.
Miss Marie Hall, Whose Parents
Are Summer Residents Here,
WEEDS C. S. Dewey.

There was an attractive wedding
Yesterday afternoon in the Church of
the Ascension, New York, when Miss
Marie Suzette de Marigny Hall,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Cornelius Hall, summer residents of
this city, was married to Mr.. Charles
5chuveldt Dewey, of Chicago. The
church was decorated with Christmas
green's mixed with holly and poin-
settia, with bride roses on the altar.
The bride entered the church with
her father. She wore a gown of
white satin made with a demi-train
and embellished with point d'Alen-
con lace, which had been worn by her
great grandmother, who was a lady
in waiting to the then Queen of.
Spain. Over her veil of tulle was
worn a.long scarf of point lace once
worn by the same ancestor.
Miss Agnes Hall, the brides sister,
the maid Of honor, and the brides
maids, the Misses Elizabeth Hudson,
lilly Wilson, Winifred Burnett,
Gladys Temp1eton. Edith Lippincott,
Edith ChappeH. Helen Ballard and.
Mary Tucker, all of whom were class
mates of the bride at the harrington
School, wore very pretty gowns of
pale blue satin and chiffon with mats
to correspond, carrying large arm
bouquets of pink roses and daisies.
Mr.. Edwin Hall acted as best man.
The ushers were Messrs. William
C. Hall. Vaudeville de Marigny Hall,
Edward Putnam, Harold Miller,
Henry Ferguson, Gerry Spaulding,
Herbert Durham, Beech Day and
Sherman Dewey.
After the ceremony there was a re-
ception at the home of the brides
parents, No. So West Ninth street,
which is one of the old fashioned
houses that has undergone few
changes.
Owing to the fine weather II was
possible to hold the reception IN the
courtyard, which was covered win
canvas and filled with spruce trees
and palms. The collation. was OF I'M
usual character, everything being IN
keeping with the Christmas MONDAY
seasan, the menu including roas pig
turkey, goose and other toothsome
dishes, which were carved on the
spot.
In the old stable of the house,
which has long since been turned IN
to a living room, the bridal party
were served at a long table before
the departure ofthe bride and bride
groom. 1t is interesting to note that
the wedding cake and the huge
brides cake, all made after an old
recipe that had been in the brides
family for many generations, We're
the proud efforts of the cook OF the
household. !.
Among those invited were MI: and
Mrs. John Crpmes, Mrs. Philip E.
Thomas, Mrs. Alexander Smith, MT.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-21

and Mrs. Gilbert Colgate, Mr.. and
Mrs, e. J.. Hall, Mr.. Arthur Have
meyer, Mr.. and Mrs. William R. Will
cox, Mr.. Roosevelt Schuyler, Mr..
George c. Munzig, Miss Mary Tilling-
hast, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Stebbins,
Miss Ethel Stebbins, Mr.. Rowland
Stebbins, DR.. David Haight. Mr.. Clar-
ence Lyman Collins, DR.. and Mrs.
Francke H. Bosworth, Miss Mary
Bosworth, Mrs: Horace Lippincott,
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Montgomery Roose-
welt, the Duke of Vallombrosa, a
cousin of the bride: Mrs. George
Grant Wilson, Mr.. Carlton Chapman,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Ballard, Miss
Louise Watson Clarke and Mrs. Jan
vier lie Due.
The bride is related to the Grymes,
Won Hoffman and Claiborne families.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dewey will live in Chi
caGo.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-21
Uganda Converts.

Bishop H%anlon, of Uganda, in de-
,Bcribing some of his experiences in
Central Africa, said recently that
though many of the medicine men had
been converted, they could not be in
duced to carry their confession so far
as to divulge their undoupted valuable
remedies for native disease. Some of
the converted medicine women were
not so retieent, but their revelations
were generally worthless.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-21
UNSoPHIsTIcATED SERVANT
Amusing Illustration of a Disagree
able Popularity of the
Hawaiians.

Hawaiian servants" said a brown
woman, ARE the best-the best in the
world, but they are strangely I'M
sophisticated. strangely naive.
Hawaiian servants insist upon call
ing you by your first lame. Ours were
always saying to my husband: Yes,
john and All right, john and to
me: Very well, Ann or Ann, l am go
ing out
"At last l got tired of this, and to
John, when we got a new cook, |
said:
Don't ever call me by my first
name in this new cooks presence.
Then, perhaps, not knowing my name,
he'll have to say Mrs" to me-
$50 John was very careful always
tc address me as 'Dearie,' or Sweet
heart, but the new cook, a watchful
chap, gave me no title at all.
Zone day we had some company,
some English officers. L told them
how l had overcome, in my new cooks
case, the native servants horrid abuse
of their employers Christian names,
and | said: BY this servant, at least,
you won't hear me called Ann
Just then the new cook entered the
room lie bowed to me respectfully and
said:
Sweetheart, dinner is served
"fWhat?' l stammered.
"'Dirner is served. Dearie,' an
swered the new cook"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-21
Strike in Samoa.

The imported natives employed at
the United ~eates naval station, Page
Page, Samoan islands. went on strike
the other day because Commander
Moore had reduced their wages 20
per cent. TO so cents a day. The
Samoans are too lazy to work, so the
government has to bring laborers
from Nieue island, 400 miles away.
The strikers threaten to go home.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-21
NO ACCIDENTS REPORTED.
Record Day on the Trolley Road Was Truly
Record.
cia, to the EVENING NEWS:

Special to the EVENING NEWS:
NEW BRUNSWICK, Dec. 21:-
The reports from this division of the
Public Service Corporation as to the
accidents and mishaps last Saturday,
which was record day." show that
not a single accident occurred On any
of the lines connecting Metuchen,
Perth Amboy, Somerville, Bound
Brook, Dunellen and South Amboy.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-21

Presently she began to wonder
which way she had come. The fields
were wide and white about her, rising
winds lifted tiny whirls of snow and
twisted them into garlands and then
dropped them gently. She shivered
with the cold. Somewhere lay home,
and the warm, bright church, and she
could not tell which way. She looked
up at the stars, but they seemed so far
away, and the Christmas angels did not
come. She would sing; maybe they
would hear, and tell her which way
to 20.
1t was ten o'clock when Nate
Downey started home across the fields.
1t was nearer that way; he would stop
at the church for Rosy. Tom and he
had quarreled that night, something
about the river meadow, and he walked
on moodily, forgetting all about the
blessed Christmastide, and the baby
Peace that came to earth on Christ
mas night so long ago.
All at once he stood still and lis
tened. Somewhere out of the dim star
light a voice sang, faint and far.
peace on EARTH" it sang, peace and
goodwill"
He remembered that it was Christ
mas eve.
peace and goodwill" sang the
voice, blown a little farther by the
wind. 1t was Rosy's song; what did
it mean? The fathers lip trembled a
I;+4Ia D011r- rat.cf 1o civ Oin n ho. eo~-
now in the church; what did it mean
that he should hear it here? Was any
thing wrong with the child-his little
pet daughter? The wind blew the
sound to him again family.
peace and goodwill. goodwill to
menu Might it not be a message to
him? Perhaps after all he had been
rash and hasty with Tom; Tom was a
good man. He would see him again
tomorrow.
The voice came again, a little near
err; surely it was a voice, a child's
voice, and there was the sound of a
sob in tit vas Rosy's voice!
Nate Downey hurried on. The wind
tossed the snow in his face, clouds
were drifting up from the west, and
blotting out the stars.
He called finally across the field:
Rosy! Rosy!' the wind caught the
name as it left his lips and tossed it
away.
The little voice san no more. Only
the wind kept up it's swift minor swell,
and went on heaping little mounds in
the corners A great fear was in his
heart. He called again. Oh there!
whence came the little voice that cried
sobbingly: Papa, oh, papa!"
He sprang forward eagerly, calling
again and again, and each time the lit
tie voice answered, till at last he had
his own little daughter in his arms:
the little Christmas angel who had
come through the snow to him with
her message of peace.
Nate Downey stopped a minute at
the door of the church to let them
know. Rosy was fast asleep in his
arms; she stirred a little, half wakened
by the lights and voices, and MUIR
INJURED drowsily the words of her
Christmas song:
peace and goodwill, goodwill to
men!'-Rural New Yorker.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-21

good chance. The church was all
trimmed with wreaths of evergreen
and, ~festoons of cedar, with notices
rious green curtain across n end OF
the platform, and now and then a
young lady peeped from behind it with
a very important face.
Rosy was all wrapped up in a great
fur cloak, but, oh! what a radiant
white vision was hidden under that
cloak! Because, as l said, Rosy was
to be an angel, and it was Christmas
eve.
The church was full of happy peo-
pie. She nestled down quietly in a
corner. her part would not come for
a long time. By and by she fell to
wondering about the Christmas an
gels-if they would come tonight
across the fields. She had a great mind
to go and see. She could slip out of
the little door behind the curtain and
nobody would know.
So she gathered her fur cloak around
her and slipped out into the snow. 1t
was pO WhAtC anu oIlll Ohb bhOAOs bhO
stars shone down at her; she was not
afraid. The fields stretched away be-
fore her in wide, white silence, and
she went away through a little hollow
and across a pasture field. 1t was
growing cold and she shivered under
her fur cloak, but she did so want to
see if tie angels came.
She wondered if there would be any
little girl angels like her, and if she
would hear them sing. She wondered
which way they would come, and which
was the star the wise men followed.
Maybe if she knew she might follow
it, too, and find the little C~hrist-child,
for had not they told her mat He was
on earth still? That one great star
in the east, could it be the one? 1t
was so bright she would follow it and
see. 1t must be nearly time for the
angels to come.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-21

Postcards made of Irish peat from
the bog OF Allen foEmsd one Of the fea.
lures Of the Irish exhibition in Lon.
don.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-21

TOPEKA an.. Dec. 21.-Edward
wilder. treAsrar Of the Atchison, To.
aelxa md ksFe Railroad company,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-21
The Migrate.

He has little gratitude who seeks
only to crafty himself.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-21
A Christine
Angel
BY DOROTHY DEAN

He angels name was
Rosy. Most days she
was just an ordinary
little girl, but on
Christmas eve she was
to be an angel. Nate
Downey brought her to
the door, and then went
on to his brother
Toms. He had some
business to talk over.
Toms women folks
would be at the church
tonight; it would be a
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-21
A Christina
Genius

A. BOGGS, JR., the
scion of an aristocratic
house, stood on one
leg, about which he
twined the other. At
same time he twisted
his small body into
graceful curves.
Say, pop" he in
quired, indifferently,
while still in that atti-
tude, give me some
Christmas money, will
you? | got to have
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-21

No Admirers.
The braggart is only popular with
himself.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-21
Great Filipino Familv.

The great family of SHAY. a city
of 14.500 Inhabitants in the Philippine
Island Of Negroes, is that of Ming Lee
They are Chinese mestizos, patriarchal
and vastly. rich. the great house shell
tering the IONS and their families
more than 40 adults, with their droyes
Nof children. The eldest son has just
Vmpleted his second term as gov
Nor OF the ISLAND.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-21

sbscrlbe for the NEWS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-05

meetings, which was the largest accession at
any one service on record The total member
ship Is now 2Ol2 Considerable philanthropic
work is done in this church on what is known
as the institutional plan, and which requires in
the entire work an assistant pastor, two deacon
esses. secretary and a matron for the dis
pensary.
The Newburg district, with the Rev. DR.. A. ].
Palmer as presiding elder, has had a year of
prosperity IN church building and repairs and
revivals The severe winter hindered some of
the churches in their work. but there has been
retreat. The Kingston district covers much
OF the Catskll Mountain region. and the plans
could not be completely executed for the winter
season because OF storms and cold. Nevertheless
burdensome debts have been removed, and there
have been much repairing on church property
and large accessions to the membership through
the efficient leadership Of the presiding elder, the
Rev. DR.. T. l. Wilson. II is thought by some
that the Rev. DR.. F. J. Belcher is too valuable
as a presiding elder TO be taken from the charge
Of the Poughkeepsie district, in which some new
parsonages have been built and much church
property repaired There have been revival
meetings in every church in the district with
gratifying results.
NETWORK EAST CONFERENCE.
Bishop Warren is to preside at the New-York
East Conference Twenty-Five churches in the
Brooklyn South District have provided for their
mortgage Indebtedness, amounting to S275,OO0.
On Monday. the paying of a debt of $4,000 on
the Embury Church Brooklyn, was observed.
the Rev B. NJ. Triple. pastor and Bishop War
ren officiating. There have been a large increase
Of gifts 10 benevolences throughout the district,
and many revivals. The Rev Dr. J. s. Chad
wick is closing a prosperous term of six years
presiding elder. and carries with him the
universal esteem Of the churches. In May. 1904,
the Rev. DR.. James Montgomery, presiding
elder Of the New York district. died at his home
in Stamford. Conn, and was succeeded in Office
by the Rev. DR.. J. E Adams, Of Grace Church,
Brooklyn who will report several new churches
in process Of construction, and much activity
and success in city missions in Manhattan. The
Conference Evangelstic Commission, under the
leadership Of the Rev. Theodore S Henderson,
has held remarkable meetings in different parts
Of the conference. notably at South Norwalk
and Hartford.
The New-Haven district. in which the Rev.
DR.. W. A. Richard. as presiding elder. is closing
his third year of service, has been active in
every enterprise. Wesleyan University is within
the bounds Of this district and has added more
than 100000 10 its endowment with the Rev.
DR.. p. T. Raymond as its president The Brook
Ign -hurch Society has made fine record in
assisting needy churches. with the Rev. DIR. A
W. Byrt as superintendent and secretary. The
Methodist Hospital VIII be fully equipped
by the completion of all its building. through the
efficient and enthusiastic la ors of its general
superintendent, the Rev. DR.. A s KaYanagh,
and the generous gifts of its friends.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-05
SAYS COURSE rs RIGHT.
associate Superintendent Declares
Tom pkins's Criticism Unfounded.

Andrew W. Edison. Associate City Superintendent
of the Department Of Education. replied yesterday
to the second criticism by Leslie J. Tompkns Of
the course of study in the elementary schools. Mr..
Edison said,
Mir. Tompkins has based his present criticism Of
the course of study on time allotment to sub
jects that rot been IN force In The pubic
Schools since October II 1901 This revised time
schedule ;t,c To tie unassigned time of the
time allowed TO ORA wing, sewing and constructive
work a note attached 10 the schedule suggested
that the unassigned time should be given in most
cases to English and mathematics
In order 10 ct percentages satisfactory TO him
self Mr.. T1npkius obliged TO denOmnate non
essential al the Time given opening exercises,
where patriotism and moral training are empha-
sized, physical raining. physiology and hygiene
ing sewing. constructive md bench work cooking,
singing electives. study ana unassigned time. Any
course OF study stripped OF all Of these acuVlteS
would be the laughing stock of the country.
The new time schedule covers all Schoo, time
from a m ill p. m IN compiling any compare
tive percentages between the time allowed the so
called essentials and the so-caled 'non-essen-
tials" the time allowed for opening exercises
seventy-hve muutes-and recesses-hfty minutes
in the frs; three years should be deducted from the
500 minutes making the number of minutes q
g75 minutes in the first four years and las min
utes in the four years. Inasmuch as the state
requires that physiology and hygiene ana
drawing hc taught In al public schools, theSe
studies for any appreciate time. should have al
least fifteen minutes q week m the former SupJeet
and sixty minutes week IN the latter subject and
must be treated as essentials so called.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-05
METHODIST CAMPFIRE.
War Veterans Informally Open the
NezC- y Ork Conference.

The 1O6th session of the New-York Conference
OF the Methodist Episcopal Church was opened in
formally last night at the Madison Avenue Meth
odist Episcopal Church by the eighteenth annual
campfire of the conferences War Veterans Asso-
citation. the church being crowded with members
OF tWenty-one Grand Army Of the Republic posts
The Rev. DR.. Z. L. Allen. who presided, announced
that General Frederick d. Grant who invited
as the guest Of honor, had been detained army
business. and later General Grant sent a telegram.
expressing regret at not being able 10 attend the
service.
DR. Allen, after telling Of the trials of the Grand
Army of the Republic veterans. said: There were
over $50 Of veterans IN the conference not many
years ago. but to-day there are only twenty-five
OF left and ready 10 be Oslerized. There
is a chloroform factory over in jersey
The Rev. Dr. Wallace MacMullen, pastor Of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-05
BALK AT AMENDMENTS.
Organizations Say Water Board Bill
Becomes Partisan.

Mayor Mcclellan finds himself in a predicament
on account of changes at Albany in mis- water board
bill. The City Club. the Merchants Association
the Citizens Union, the Board Of Fire Underwrit-
ers the East Side Civic Club and the People 5
Institute sent him joint letter yesterday telling
him that II the bill is amended as to elm
mate the non-partisan character they will with
draw their support. the bill will then simply add
one political bureau TO the city government
The joint letter is signed by Horace E Deming.
Henry r. Towne. Robert Van Iderstine. Henry
Evans. Gregory Weinsten and Charles Sprague
Smith. representing the various civic bodies men
toned in the order named. The closing paragraphs
Of the letter say:
No pledge of yours can bind your successor, and
II the Commission Additional Water supply Is
TO be merely the head OF city department. ap.
pointed and removed at any time at the pleasure OF
the Mayor. it can and probably will become po-
litical machine The bill with the nOnpartisan pro-
vision eliminated simply adds one more city depart
ment whose personnel and policy may change with
every change in the Mayors office
Mayor Mcclellan says in reply that he regrets
that the action was taken by the various organ
izations before seeing him, he could have dis
abused the minds Of the writer's of his having Fed
from possibly unworthy motives The objection
the constitutiQpaty OF the method whereby the
commissioners would be selected did not from
from any member of the present city admin
istraton.' he declares He added:
have given assurances 70 every one who
ferred with the subject that in making the
appointments this commission I would proceed
In the way in which il was originally intended the
a precedent which would he controlling upon my
self during my term and which. believe, would be
denart from the method pursued without doing
violence 10 public sentiment
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-05
ROUND HOHOKUS.
Patriotic Citi2ens Resent Effort to
Blot 1t off the Map.

"Oh, Hohokus, Who would have thought
that a mere Erie railroad corporation would have
the nerve to try 10 blot you of the map2 Thus
unused the New-Jersey wind. blowing in and
of the picturesque byways and hedges of this fair
suburb. Blot out a station so beautifully named!
Perish the thought"
I'VE win not be hotted OUT" declared the citi-
zens conndentially to the wind yesterday.
The stopping of trains due to a temporary
Injunction " hich the Hohokus Civic Pride Associa-
ton had secured. and which il hopes to have made
permanent II the railroad wins the fight, how
ever no one doubts that the freight trains the
Erie will go through the late Hohokus at express
speed and that ayers will resemble cannon
balls Prior to this outrage Hohokus men were not
proud Of the name of their habitat. II one were
asked where he lived he would like as not answer,
..Out near Ridgewood." II pinned down TO his ex-
act station he would say: Well Hokus is about
the nearest stop for me- taking particular care TO
drop the hrst syllable and make the name ordinary.
This was because his fellow commuters were in
clned to poke fan ~ his town
Since the trouble with the Erie mas come up now
ever all shame rather ali timidty over the name
has disappeared They fairly shout Homo kGs on
every possible OCCASION hey rove thSLI silLl'6V
It's name is beautiful to them. and II speaks as
the music of the sea Ihey remember ~, .iaI me
Hohokus station the third station DulIi on the
line of the old Paterson and Ramapo Railroad.
The other two were Paterson and Passale me
towns between were unheard or ana even hdusnty
RidgeWood was a wilderness. They are scornful
of JIndercliR and Waldwick. the two upstairs OF
seven or eight years growth. at Whlch staloHs the
Erie company purposes TO stop instead OF To-
Trains have been stopping at Hohokus for sixty
wears or more" said Attorney Doremus yesterday.
and we do not believe that the railroad company
has the right TO stop them The new boIT9ush OF
Oryil has iust been established about the Hohokus
station and fully 600 persons are lntefestcu ~
ing Il maintained ne , tI isors an either side
by discriminating against Hohokas IA M r1se
of trains. We nope to have the injunciloh maze