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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-31
N4NY YACHTS RACE.
Annual Regatta of the Harlem
Yacht Club Notable Success.

IN a fresh breeze from the eastward twenty
five yachts made a pretty start IN the twenty
third annual regatta of the Harlem Yacht Club.
The preparatory signal was made at 1915
o'clock. from Fleet Captain Joseph Thum's so
r-g- power yacht Spartan, at anchor off Belden's
Point. City Island. At the starting signal five
minutes later, tia yawI Anna, owned by W.
Strauss was nrsc away. close hauled, on the
port tack and to windN,:s4 Of her only competi-
tor, H NJ. Raborg's Memory. J. ". AlkeI's crack
sOop Alert led the way in tho 33-foot class,
with the Bedoufn second the Kathryn third The
27-foot class of eight boats had c. Christensen8
sioop Sparrow for their leader in the weather
berth and J. DeIaney's Wahneta in the 22-foot
class. l. G. Spence's Dorothy and r. n Bavier's
Ace led in their respective classes.
The yaw-ls and the sloops in the SO and Of
foot classes had a mark a mile west OF Matini-
cock Point for their windward turn From there
they rounded mark off Delaney Point, thence
10 the finish off Beldens Point. The smaller
classes rounded Old Hen and the north shore
buov off Execution Light. It broad reach,
with banooners set from the Matinicock mark
10 Delaney Point and run home. The wind
carted 10 the southeast late in the afternoon.
making il a close reach and a very pretty sight
as the feet came bowling along 10 the finish
line with lee rails awash. J. ". Alkers sloop
Alert won in her class. w. J. Fowler's Bedouin
Won the Williams cup Tor the fastest tIil4e lOI
club boats over the course.
The summary:
YAwI4S-3s-FooT cIAss-sTART 12:2o-CoURsB Is
MILES
Finish. El 5as.
Yacht nd HAS. d ;;
1sno q n EasOrs. 5 s55 42s 80
sLO0Ps-s FOOT CIAss-sTART 12:25-CoURsB y
MILES.
Sss9asa J 1 F6aer $3.50 +5s s.
Kathryn. J. I. Proctor bl3:o0 @:4soO
SLOOPs-27 FOOT CLASS-START 12:3o-coURSb 10
MILES.
NtcgeSn, Brothers. DIG NOT hnish
si3pper. F G Pase--.--. 90 a.
Rogue, A. p. 48S3.
5hs s > E BLACK 1895 s s:S2S s.
Aotsas sullivan Brothers 9oo0y.
ave " STnit IA M not bnish
sLOoPs-22 FOOT CI-Ass-sIART 12:35-couRsB u
MILES
NN. .5s:i. so25.Rs 1ss2s 81 g
h2Haka- J. Mohlstedt $500
JeEaoo = suie ~ al 4,o2. sf
tLonettz- scherer q McKenna. $3.50 S.0g =
eEtp. c. NJ PiDckney SAW
LARCHMoNT y cone DESIGN CL-AsS-STAkI
i2:s5-coURsB MILES
poTothy. / 6 sPenOs-....---'.'.... 44:iiffS S:Ssgs
fGQueTo. ". Etuulp. 7-AA'NS
ELooPs-ls- FOOT CI-Ass-sTART 12;4o-CoUESE
MILES
alasny = j. Mlkfeid 49e g? $2 29 81
The corrected times are: The Anna, 44soo; the sseonih
- he the Wahn6ta. o-4S.VS Tx
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AFTERNOON GAME.

Two base hit-Gesser. Sacrhoe hlts-lllbert, Bergen
2; Dobbs Stolen bases-Brosnahan. Bergen. Double
plays-ISewis and GessleT Owens, Lewis Gessler.
Left on bases-Neg-York = BROOKLYN 8 First base on
5ors-Nsw-,Y9rx p B1ookIyn / Struck outmIB3y Wiltae
Wiltse Time 21b. Cmpres-Bausewine and KLEIN. At
tendance, 10000.
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w have Ssnt flowers b Scotland or EnEland
and they have kept two week. after they
arrived.
AZ the flower exchanges one Of the IN.
tsTesting features Il tho Flower womsn'-
hower girls are reserved for comic operas
and three volume novels. These women
most Of them GeTmans-raiss their own
flowers. usually on Long Island, and bring
them to 40 exchanges, where, for the
usual percentage to the owners Of tho place,
they have the privilege Of displaying THAR
wares and dealing with the retailers.
Some Of these women have very beautiful
collections, and even the heavy market
baskets, the Newspaper wrappings and the
red pots cannot hide the abundant glory.
One woman bad booth entirely filed With
Gala lilies, which were selling at 81 a dozen
another carnations for $50.
A ssaroh for the orchids among the whole-
sale dealers d unsatisfactory. The orchids.
when they are sold by retailers, are usually
imported directly by them, for the reason
that they are very expensive and there Is
little call for them.
Yet the orchid by reason Of this very
e1clusiveness remains the flower OF the
elect. There Is, however, about this strange
flower a certain unoanuiness which prevents
tie popularity, even In the face Of lie value
for on many women 1t has the same effect
as the reptiles. In fact, It is called In horal
! vocabulAres the snake flower
They are the cheapest flower In the
world when you take intoN consideration
the amount Of time and vitality consumed
In procuring them said an orchid expert.
1T Is necessary for a collector TO have pa
| tience, courage, scientific knowledge and
not TO know what hardship is when be
meets II.
| Il know Of one collector who was sent
to Central America and spent elk months
looking for single kind Of orchid for which
there happened to be a popular demand.
When he discovered II the blossoms we're
in an old burial ground growing out Of the
skulls and he was obliged to bring skulls
and all hack with him tor fear Of injuring
the plants. Some OF these orchids after
ward brought as much as SITS flower
1T Is no rare occurrence for q collector
to lose his life by some malignant fever.
This is partic larly true in Panama and the
region round about where some Of the
most valuable orchids are found. Many
OF them grow in the most fetid swamps.
where a man risks his life daily IN their
pursuit
The orchids seen In the florists windows
In New York are, however, the more or
binary specimens; the rare ones would not
find purchasers. These are brought easily
from the West Indies and the Southern
forests.
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Picnic Season Here,
Lots Of People Cled

The summer picnic still prevails, and has
to-day, II that be possible, a greater
popularity than ever.
There are held nowadays In the season
many monster political picnics, outings
given by district political leaders, at which
entertainment h provided for thousands,
requiring fleets Of steamboats, and barges
for their transportation TO and from the
picnic grounds. and calling for a well or
gained commissary department to provide
and distribute the enormous quantities Of
supplies required for the feeding Of com
panies 80 numerous.
There are also given at this season in
Vulnerable outngs-outing IL q favorite
word for this form Of entertainment-of
political organizations and clubs and Of
numberless private associations, many OF
these bearing the name Of their president OF
organizer, and many others OF them bear
ing names quaint or curious or fantastic,
There Is no end 10 these lesser organiza-
lions or coteries. OF to the strange names
thew bear. Banners are swung across the
street or great transparencies are
placed in front Of the headquarters OF the
Greater ORGANIZATIONS announcing well in
advance the outing Of one or another associa-
ton, and placarus displayed in windows,
or printed small bills that can be put un
almost anywhere, and which are postC d
in the neighborhood or district from which
their members and guests are drawn, an
nounce the outings Of the smaller clubs
or associations.
on many Of these announcements is still
TO be seen a line long familiar: Music
by Prof So-and-so.' For the leader Of the
hand or orchestra that provides the music
for the annual outing Of the this OF that
coterie or association or club OF circle Is
always a professor SO be has always
been, and 80 he seems likely 20 remain
And then there are the church picnics,
and the school picnics, and many others
besides. picnics without end. The target
companies have gone. but the picnic still
suY~aves, more popular than ever and the
picr;e season Of 1905 Is about TO open.
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II IL pretty generally agreed that the
population Of the city Of New York, ss II
viii be shown in this years State census
70 be taken in May and June, will certainly
reach nd will most probably exceed 900 900,
It is pretty generally agreed, also, that at
the present rate Of increase as shown by
the Health Board and other reports, the
POPULATION Of the city by the next Federal
census in 1910 will not be below 100000.
How many New Yorkers-natives OF
New York-are there in the city at present
out Of the total population Of s,ts7,2o2 five
years ago and 1000 900 now2
A Londoner writing under the name Of
sDagobert,- and making a speciality OF
local information for Bondoners, made not
long ago A private census OF the house In
which he lived and was greatly surprised
TO End that Of twenty-five persons in II
only two we're actual Londoners, the others
having come from other parts Of England,
from Ireland or Scotland or from Contnen-
tai countries. London has a much larger
native born population than the city Of New
York, and receives much smaller accretions
Of population through immigration than
this city.
By the last Federal census about a third
Of the whole population OF the city, 40 900
was born abroad, and none Of these resi-
dents, Of course, came under the designA-
ton Of New Workers, strictly speaking.
There are next those who, though born In
the city Of New York. are the children Il
parents born abroad. These number
ISIS 600. Some Of them were born here
shortly after the arrival Of their parents
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great occasions 10 the flower market.
Easter Eve and Christmas Eve we are
open until twelve and at FIVE in the morning;
other days our sales are over In the after
noon and We open at six.
In one corner Of the big square room /,
which Is bare except for it's floral stock, a
burst Of sunlight attracts the eye. There
seems to be a great demand for yellow
howers,' explains the manager, perhaps
because so many decorators are using
yellow in the houses they do up and the
flowers are wanted for harmony, but acacias
and genestas are very fashionable We
have little demand for novelties, and e1-
pertments are not known in the flower
exchanges; nothing comes to US that IA
not perfected beforehand.
I'm the winter season the Scotch heather
sells pretty well, So does the Manila
heather. which resembles the Scotch and
American varieties. This has been Guilt
waited from the plants imported from the
Philippines and has taken three or four
years 70 bring to an scclimated state. 1t
has a flower something like the arbutus =,
q little larger and a little more delicate
In tint, the green having the hony, spiky
appearance OF ordinary heather.
Asked concerning the best method OF
keeping violets fresh the manager said;
That IL not a good question 70 ask a
| florist. The best thing to do with violets
! the second day u to throw them away
| No matter how carefully you keep them
there is always a distressing odor about
| violets that are not perfectly fresh. A
/ man who deals In flowers becomes very
susceptible and oftentimes l have seen
| a woman on a car with bunch Of violet S
pinned on her gown that made me Ill while
perhaps other people would not notice
| the odor at all.
Roses are different In this respect.
| Particularly is this true Of American
Beauties. Often from the flower exchange
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and, though legally native born, grew up
under much the same conditions a. their
parents, usually speaking the language OF
their parents and being more familiar In
childhood with foreign than With American
customs Of life.
There were In New York at the time OF
the last Federal census 10000 residents
who, though native bonn, were not natives
Of the city OF New York. OF these, $4,000
were born In New York State but not In
New York city, 5000 were born In New
Jersey, 5000 In Pennsylvania, 1900 In
Massachusetts, and 2, 80 In Virginia.
These figures account for S,OlS 900 out
Of the total New York population as returned
by the last Federal census Of S,Cs7, 900, leav-
ing about $4,000 porsons, not all Of whom
are New Workers Of the kind under oon-
sderation. Il IA customary 10 inolude IN
all census returns a. natives Of this city
those concerning whom no actual knowledge
Is had, and IL Il customary 10 return az
natives Of New York thoss who. while resi-
dents here, were not actually In the city
at the time Of the census or, II In the city,
were not accessible 70 the enumerators-
The number Of these IL not far from
5000, and the conclusion IL clear, there
fore that not more than one In ten Of the
resident population Of the city comes COR
rectly under the designation Of native
born New YOrkers Of native parentage.
The actual number Of veritsble and
authentic New Workers. 20 10 speak, those
bonn bsre Of native parents Il not prOba-
bly, In excess Of 10000. and may be con-
sideTably Les than that number. Thoro
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sHs vas crazy over her, but when the
florist told him that the American beauties
were $50 a dozen Il did staggor him little.
He asked weakly II they were all that
price. and the man said, rather supercil-
iously, oh, no, We have some for thirty
and showed him dozen that were aoso-
luteiy the sane, only the stems were six
inches shorter. He hesitated little and
than. az gay, he was just crazy over her.
40 he boubht the ones for $50 and had them
sent.
sHe arrived at the very time the flowers
came and she was perfectly delighted
With them. After she had thanked him
asain and aEain, she excused herSeh q
minute, went out Of the room, came back
with a pair Of scissors and While she thanked
him again he had the pleasure OF seeing her
enip on six inches Of stem, Just the dner-
enoe between $50 and $50. OF course, now.
he 49, the hurnor Of It now that he's stopped
being in love.
Il saw him buying flowers on the street
the other day. Married, you know. o.
yes, the same girl.
Il Il but a few steps from this shop 70
one vhere art Il not taken into account
where sentiment plays no hand Where
bare shelves, wooden tables ana cay S'ahos
are the only accessories.
Busy men with hats on the back OF their
heads are flying about, dealers In their
wake appraising values and making ousi-
ness arrangements. Telephones are ring
ing In various parts Of the establish
ment and tho words. Two hundred Amen-
can Beauties 'Five dozen Gala Hhes'
-Four hundred carnations are repeated
! briskly.
The manager Of one department. comes
from bis ofioe and while bis angers play
nervously with great clusters Of mignon-
cite, thrown in heap, he answers questions
There h a revival Of the old fashioned
flowers and 70 meet this demand We are
ceiling this season . great deal Of the gtlly-
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SPRING AWAKENING OF THE WOODLAND
of Flower and Buddhist ofthe New Life
Pretty Show Of the Suburbs-strussle for Life

Every hour Of sunshine In the last two
TWOehs Of April counted for almost double
its accustomed value. A mild March woke
vegetation from its sleep, but q cold April
held growth in check until nature was
fairly bursting with impatience.
When the third week Of the month was
passed vegetation hung quivering and
ready at a touch Of genuine hot sunshine
20 transform the aspect Of the outer world
You could trace the oourse Of the brooks
through suburban woodlands by the sinu-
Gus lines Of vivid green where the skunk
cabbage and It's early fellows Of various
name were unfolding their tightly rolled
leaves.
Even then the hypnotic power Of the ser
ried and silent tree trunks, 90 strange a
charm OF the winter woodlands, was a lit
Gle brokenl by the faint, mis.like eject Of
tiny new leaf buds, and the airy gold Of the
apioebush blossoms. That faint mist Of
the new life was curiOusly elusive: Il fed tie
approach. a. the delicious spiral Of the
veerys song eludes pursuit through the
depths Of the June woodlands.
Prom a field on the woodland edge you
saw the tender yellowish green Of a million
minute points Of vivid life, but when you
olambered up the stone wall the ethereal
mist bad Withdrawn itself to the depths
where the tree trunks were a. a uniform
dun wall or steady downpour Of sheeted
rain. In the foreground, cleared Of it's veil,
the beeches shone pale lavender and notified
silver, and the giant ohestnuts confessed
Themselves by the curious coarse network
Of their ndEy bark.
MeanW lille. overhead and underfoot life
vas springing with hourly change. The
low growing plants that hide all winter
long beneath the covering Of fallen leaves
have one spring climate, semi-tropical II
you will So, too, have the treetops that
ksep aooess 20 an the sun and wind
BStUoen the two 81 that neutral rome
90 the woodland shrubs which l. SLOW CT
- respond 70 the EooinEs Of spring, The
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stocks, fuchsias. heliotrope, pansies, but
the demand in New York always has been
and always will be for roses and violets.
Millions Of these flowers are sold every
year in New York. II Il impossible to give
even a rough estimate Of the amount.
AT this one exchange we have received
as many as 1000 roses a day from one Of
our greenhouses alone. OF course that
was holiday call and does not represent
the daily sale.
The violets are Just as popular at Easter
as they are in the depth Of winter. We
get better prices in the winter, but We
sell more at Easter and these are the two
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which takes them first 10 the show rooms
devoted 10 their exhibition 20 dealers and
wholesale buyers. A large Percentage Of
these buyers are the men who send out
boys on the streets.
The Greeks, ~ they are called, and the
word covers many nationalities, come
every morning at Q O'Clock 10 the flower
exchanges, and a. soon as the boxes are
opened begin TO dicker. AZ soon as avn
ings are out and shop doors open the flowers,
still with the morning dew upon them are
ready for purchase That they are cheaper
than the florists flowers Is due TO the fact
that there IL no rent or service to pay for
To appreciate the contrast found In these
wholesale places. one should first Of all
take a peep at some Of the retail shops.
Boxes Of colored straw are filed TO the brim
With exotic blooms, whole shelves not in
colors OF growing plants. II Ia a holiday
week and competition Is rife.
A huge rhododendron takes up an entire
corner OF one Of these retail establish
msnts. Its price Ia SIS, and It Ia hanked on
one side by an azalea whose top is a mass
Of perfectly shaped and perfectly matched
blossoms Il Is valued at 500. There Is
a crimson rambler one Of the seasons
most popular offerings, for $50, and genesta
for SIC.
Two girls standing before long box OF
polished green. hlled with white carnations,
each twice the size Of the original mother
OF these flowers, are deliberately counting
the number Of them, pushing aside noes,
feathery maidenhair and ribbons.
Twelve dozen says one breathlessly.
And a half is added by the other.
think OF knowing q man who cared
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treetops were thick with blossoms and
swelling leaf buds. but Just be ow only the
sycamore's trunk betrayed consciousness
Of coming change. Thatragged and tattered
mendicant Of the forest all winter long
white as a leper, shone with faint green.
Below at the foot Of the trees the annual
struggle for life among the wood plants
was deepening into tragedy. There were
beds Of notified dogtooth violets 50 dense
that snaught else could reach the sun and
air, 80 dense, indeed, that nine out Of ten
bulbs were barren Of blossoms.
The spring beauty carpeted patches
Of the surface almost as thickly, and sprang
everyw here in company With other plants.
That perfect thing, the tender heart shaped
leaf Of the wild ginger was exquisite In its
freshness with it's faint frostlike fuzz
completely covering the upper surface.
Millions OF seedlings sprang from the
prolific leaf mold shortly 20 wither and die
IN the vain struggle for a proper share OF
tenement house, and the infant mortality
there Is appalling.
You may count seeding oaks by the hun
dred in May and sapling oaks hardly by the
dozen in Noyember, and ne infant progeny
are reduced from thousands TO scores in
a single summer. The attempt OF New
Workers 20 live by many Thousands upon the
pin point represented by a narrow area
IN Nue NeaTN OF muuhhNNtn - Cchaal ! anu
reasonable beside the intensity q vegetable
life In every single square foot Of The
Bronx woodlands.
All that April accompanies in vegetable
growth awaits the magic touch Of May.
Those sultry days that come before the mid
die Of the latter month convert the fields
and woodlands into a veritable dollhouse.
Overhead Is the dim glazed roof OF the
thinly clouded heaven, and all between IL
as a moist bit Of tho tropics. The sun
burns through, heating the earth, and the
stored oaloTic IL radiated back into the
stagnant damp air until the whole area u US
Tended from chilling winds IL a brooding
calm In which life is urged to marvellous
rowe 3 Of p-Cd ction and growth.
II that sultry tropical calm holds for a
day and a night the Transform alton wrought
Is like a miracle. and half a week Of such
Of FUN fortnight IN a cold chill April.
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enough for you 10 send you such per-
fsctly gorgeous affair."
Think Of knowing one who had money
enough says the sec nd, practically.
Just as soon az I meet man he loses all
his money the same day
In another corner, while one OF the sales
man holds, with masculine patience, a
long stemmed American beauty, the pos
sible purchaser is moved to reminiscence.
MY dear know il is true, for be told
me himself. A man never has any sense Of
humor when he Is in love, but when he
gets over il he remembers lots Of anus
ing incidents.
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RED TAPE OVER TWENTY CENTS.
GIT TO Civil Service Commission Starts
Departments working.

WASHINGTON, May 6.-'Can a Govern
ment department receive donations?s Ia
the question that has been raised by the
reception at the Washington city post
ONCE Of an international money order 10
the credit Of the Civil Service Commission.
The amount contributed, OF intended 10
be contributed TO the commission Il 20
cents. but the matter IL held b involve a
precedent. Accordingly, the advice Of the
Comptroller Of the Treasury was sought,
and that oficiAl, after due consideration,
decided that II would be Illegal for any
branch Of the Government 20 receive money
OUTSIDE Of its regular appropriations by
Congress, but that II would be permissible
10 turn the money into the Treasury, where
Il would hnd it's place either In the con-
&C ience FUND or appropriations unpro-
vided for
The Comptroller further remarked. un-
ohiciAlly, that the amount 40 generously
donated might, on account Of its magni-
tude, be put 10 such uses as the com
mission decided. The latter, through its
custodian, turned the order over 90 the post
once, and that institution Wi, Ia It's turn,
endeavor 20 give Il back 10 the sender
q citinep Of Austria, OF 10 the Austrian
GoveTu.en
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Break EEEs for a Living.

A correspondent Of contemporary. who
has been searching for the most monoto.
nous method Of earning a living. decides In
favor Of that OF cracking eggs.
i met a man who said he was a biscuit
manufa cturer on large scale. and was father
inclined 20 boast about the number OF eggs
Continental eggs-which his hrm bought in
% avoid calamity, fye eggs are broken IN 70
a bowl at time before being added 70 the
who do nothing else but crack eggs They
become % expert that a man can dlspose
Of 900 an hour. or 1000 a dry.