New-York tribune., 1905-01-10
GATHERED ABOUT TOWN.

Il see we Nsw-Yorkers are called a lot OF cliff
dwellers," said OF them the other day. but
with all you can say against 1t the apartment
house is all right for The arguments for It
and against il have been thrashed out good deal
but there is of the former class haven't seen
urged strongly, and yet 1 think It's mighty
good It is that II you live in one apartment
house fairly near another apartment house, ss
across narrow street. you often can get all the
amusement you want for hours by watching your
neighbors' windows I'm in such position my
self Across the way characters less inter-
esting than a Japanese couple with baby.
pretty red haired young woman. an invalid, twin
boys and gray haired man who is always at the
window. writing. The gray haired man. so. the
wife OF my janitor tells me. deyotes most of his
time writing articles hunting adventures for
the magazines. and always take especial pains.
after the postan has stopped at his house. to see
him 6lm open his mall at the wIndoT IoE ne ai"eys &
see what those bulky envelopes that seem to dis
appoint him so contain And as for the Japanese
read my morning paper, for they seem to get up
before | do, and whenever there's japanese vic
tory Of any Importance little Japanese flag ap-
pears there. The twins-they are apparently about
red haired Sri@we we have made up tbe most
admirable sign language you ever heard Of. I've
see. and haven't ventured yet to find way 70
along to send her by mail a little book of mins
she liked the cover OF, and 10 get display or
on OF IN biz 2 s s07 h Gould
them across the street As for the invalid, she and
There's been. only one rep9lse, That was when a
woman evidently the red haired girls mother.
! held an overshoe up to the window"
Colonel Jerome Hill. of Bolivar. Tenn. is
guest at the Waldorf. Colonel Hill fought for
four years under General Longstreet. and after
Lees surrender TO Grant at Appomattox, so he
frankly confesses. he stole a mule from General
Grant. which he rode back to Memphis, Though
a southerner by birth. traditional sympathy and
lifelong associations Colonel Hill places the
, NJ In
of fame as two of the greatest men in history.
Bolivar" said Colonel" Hin, in reply to an in
sand Inhabitants sixty miles east OF Memphis that
f6gg WoTs6S Goo he LORD ins3eaa Of the nam
mon of wealth. and selfish display that seems TO be
the home - of Ezekiel Polk the uncle Of James K
Polk ana Il 4 Vas a Ine ePspT OF ThT on anfs s
morten composition. that promised for time TO
Presidential candidate. The sentiments entertained
marble shaft rejected harshly on an important re-
ligious denomination, and as matter OF political
the offensive phrases from the monument. which
has since given way to another free from deface-
John Mccormick. of AIissouIa. Mont is staying
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel Mr.. Mccormick went
as q youth 10 the country west Of the Missouri
forty-eight years ago and for more than twoscore
years OF the time since then has lived within the
present boundaries OF Montana.
Although I engaged in the silver-lead min
ing operations OF the Coeur dAlene district IN
Idaho" said Mr.. Mccormick 4 have lived In Mis-
soula 125 miles TO the eastward, for twenty-seven
years. AIissoula. when I first knew the town. had
a population Of only a few hundred II now has
ten thousand 1t is the centre OF rich agricult-
uraI and fruit growing country. with large lum-
bering operations only five six miles distant
ths Blackfoot River Missoula has never expert
euced BOOM but has enjoyed a steady and sub
stantiaI growth. The town is one OF solid. modern
construction. electric lighted and up to date in
every particular The commercial houses are among
are ne S ,tta- ~ are orcurrence IN The whole
the ssvent of an electric railway. and compet-
streets IPa " senator n william A Clark VIII establish
a great electric power plant at the point where the
MissouIa, ive miles from the town OF MissoGla
70 sa4 qpiae a % be bu 20 and afa t6r0nEh
Mssouia-a trackage Of probably ten miles in ALL
President Arthur T Hadley. or Yale College. seen
AZ the Hotel Manhattan a few days ago. said IN
reply 10 inquiry: There is much discussion and
lttle progress every year IN the direction sub
stituting modern for ancient languages in the re-
ouirenents of the colleges The reason the progress
has not been more rapid has been the lack OF
proper teaching OF both the reading and speaking
~ German and even more Indifferent instruction
IN French II is policy Yale permit
the substitution Of French and German for Greek.
but the difficulty Is TO md the applicant for ad-
adequate equivalent IN the HoaeIn lahs suages. Ine
requirement is FOR standard as high In the mod
sc.,pht admission the beginning OF the present
cIlege wear was much larger than In former years
hut the number admitted not materially
larger"
on New Year . Day a permanent patron OF a big
uptovru hotel had troubles that were not exactly
all his own. Els valet. who had taken passage on
the watar yaEon. had obviously accepted a trans
fer e-sav IN the day and when he put in ap-
pearancs at his employers apartments he was
bea utifuIIy befuddled. He not in a Quarrelsoms
mood but was extensively familiar. That his sphere
OF activity might be limited TO narrow zone; his