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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-24
FOR STARVING CHINESE.


WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S.-Reports received
by the Government concerning the famine
in China show that IL Is OF n particularly
distressing character and likely TO increase
unless relief measures are taken at once.
President Roosevelt to-day determined
to take action to afford succor for the starv-
ing people. He was actu1ted in this de-
cision by appeals from charitable and mis-
sionary organizations, which represented
the conditions as appalling. At their Ee-
hest, and on the basis OF reports received
by the Government, he issued the fc lowing
appeal;
Thu WHITE House.
WARRINGTON. d. C.. December "a. 1909.
To he people Of NE United States:
There is an appalling famine in China.
Throughout a district covering over 10000
square miles and supporting a population OF
5000. 900 the crops have been destroyed
by floods and millions OF people are on the
verge OF starvation, thousands OF dwellings
have been destroyed and their inmates are
without homes. An urgent appeal has been
made for the assistance OF the United States.
Gu people have often under similar condi-
tons OF distress in other countries responded
generously to such appeals. Amid our
Astounding prosperity and in this holiday
season OF good will to men assuredly We
should do our part to aid the unfortunate
and relieve the distressed among the people
OF China. to whom We have been allied for
so many years in friendship and kindness.
j shall ask Congress upon its next day OF
session for authority 20 use our transport
vessels to carry -four and other food TO the
famine stricken region.
that contribution for the pur-
chase OF such food and for other appropriate
relief be sent TO the American National Red
Cross. which will take charge OF the expendi-
A0ra. OH .aa -
either through the local Red Cross treasurers
or through the Department OF State or may
be sent directly to Charles Hallam Keep, Red
Cross Treasury. United States Treasury De-
partment. Washington. d. c.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
The New York State Branch Of the Ameri-
can National Red Cross, under instructions
from the national executive committee,
has sent out an appeal for contributions
of money or foodstuffs for the famine suf-
ferers in China. Reports received at the
State Department, the secretary Of the
organization says. show that millions Of
people are oil the verge Of starvation.
Assistance to be efficient must be prompt.
Contributions should be sent to Jacob II.
Schiff, treasurer, 500 Fifth avenue.
In a statement given out bv the Red
Cross Yesterday il is recalled that a con-
siderable sum OF money was sent TO suf-
ferers from the Japanese famine last
February. This generosity" the circular |
says, helped to strengthen the already
strong bonds of friendship between the
two peoples The Red Cross hopes and
expects that similar generosity on this
occasion will have a similar result in
mutual understanding between the United
States and China"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-24
QUAKER VIEW or AMERICA.
Henry W. wilbur says II Is One Hopeful
for Moral Uplifting.


A Quaker view Of the country to-day
was part Of the speech Of a distinguished
Quaker minister, Henry W. Wilbur, yester-
day in the meeting house at Fifteenth
street and Rutherfurd place. Mr.. Wilbur is
one Of the secretaries Of the Society Of
Friends.
The Spirit That Quickens" formed Mr..
Wilbur's text. II quickens the national
life, he believes, in spite of the disa greeable
features of the day. There is" he said,
this spirit in our economic prosperity
to-day, material as this prosperity may
seem. In the very abandonment Of our
selves TO the search for wealth there is
being brought out a germ Of future progress.
II is the advent Of peace among nations.
For as they increase in the worlds goods
ii will become less and less polite for them
TO hazard what they have in selfish wars
Of aggra Indictment. Those wars and after
them all wars of nations must cease; 80 there
Is the all pervading q%uickening spirit at
work evenamong and through the untoward
influences OF to-day"
The ~quickening spirit was individually
present, the speaker believed. among the
me n and women of the land. 1t had car
ried them forth to settle the country in the
generation past. But now" he continued,
that work is about done Soon will come
the day when the last American acre has
been homesteaded. What then7 The next
labor of Americans will be, I believe, to
deal With moral and spiritual questions.
The people OF tho country may then band
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-24
CHURCH SPENT S224.OOO.
81. Bartholomew Has ESQ Persons on Its
salary List.

Nearly a quarter Of a million dollars was
raised at St. Bartholomew's Church in the
year ending November /, according to the
annual year book, which was distributed
to members of the congregation yesterday.
The actual amount was SPA, 493 "a, and
nearly half Of the amount was expended in
the work conducted at st. Bartholomew
parish house and clinic on East Forty-second
street. 1t cost the parish last year SOL
O43 80 to maintain this work, the share of
the clinic being ST., 725.52.
But all the money to maintain the East
Side work does not come from the people
who worship in the parish church in Madi-
son avenue. The people of the parish house
furnished more than ? 1000, much Of the
amount coming through dues in the various
organizations OF men. girls and boys, fees
of the employment bureau and receipts at
the clinic. Then, too, there is an annual
income of nearly $50, 900 from legacies of
two members of the Vanderbilt family.
For current expenses OF ST. Bartholo-
news Church $40. 4s4 was spent last year,
the amount including only the cost of
maintaining services al the Madison avenue
and Forty-fourth street church. Epr vari-
GUS objects outside of the parish, Ame Of
luctn OuISiut OF Inc ulOCtHt, ING CnlTtn
gave about SIS. 900, about half Of the amount
being given through the rector, the Rev.
DR.. Leighton Parks.
Some idea of the size Of st. Bartholo-
news parish and its work. is gained from
the lists of salaried and volunteer workers
given in the year book. OF the former
there are 24s, including 7 clergymen, 1 dea-
coness 1 lay reader, 5 Organists, rs choris-
ters, 3 parish visitors, 0 kinderRartners, IS
instructors in clubs, p teachers, o nurses.
10 secretaries and clerks, 8 engineers and
iremen, IS porters, cleaners and laun-
dresses, and o cooks and helpers. The
volunteers number 500 and include sunday
school teachers and officers, physicians
who visit the clinic, volunteer choristers
and working members in clubsa and socie-
ties,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-24
CHURCH 100 YEARS Old.
The BIO0mingdale Reformed Celebrates
ITS Centennial with Special Services.

The Bloomingdale Reformed Church
whose new building, fronting on Bloom
ingdale Square at Broadway and 1Oeth
street, was dedicated on Sunday, December
10. celebrated yesterday its Tooth ami
versary by special services in the morning
and afternoon. At the service in the morn
ing the pastor, the Rev. william c. Stinson,
ID. D., briefly reviewed the 100 years OF the
church's history, and the sermon was
preached by the Rev. Edward b. Coe, d. D.,
LII. D., senior minister Of the Collegiate
Church in this city.
At 4 O'Clock in the afternoon a vesper
service was held, at which informal greet
ings were extended to the members Of the
church in their new home by the Rev.
Henry Evertson Cobb, d. D.. of the West
End Collegiate Church.: the Rev. Robert
Mckenzie. d. D., Of the Rutgers Riverside
Presbyterian Church, and the Rev. Edgar
Tilton, d. D., Of the Collegiate Church of
Harlem.
The Bloomingdale Reformed Church had
its birth under the name of the Church of
Harsenville. and its first building stood at
the corner Of Broadway and Sixty -nintic
street. Since then the congregati ion has
moved four times. The new building has
a granite exterior. while the inside Is fin
ished in limestone and golden oak.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-24
News or Plays and Players.

This afternoon at the Hippodrome the
Niards, a troupe Of German acrobats, who
have never before appeared in this country,
will make their first appearance In the arena
as an added feature 70 the circus, between
Pioneer Days and -Neptune's Daughter"
A performance will be given by the
Peoples Theatre Company Of q notable
Jewish play at Carnegie Luceum on Thurs
day evening, December 81. The play that
is TO be given is The Jews," by Eugene
TschtrikeH. The Peoples Theatre Com
pany IL headed by Boris Thomashsfsky,
Snd includes Bella GrSinsky, BeTnard
~Abramovitoh, Z. Fsrkauf and =. Tcplifsly.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-24
CROWD TO HEAR ROSENTHAL.
Largest Audience OF the Season At the
Metropolitan Concert.

A vast audience gathered at the Metro
politan Opera House last evening for the
fourth Sunday night concert. 1t was doubt
less the largest concert audience OF the sea-
son and there was scarcely room 20 move
behind the rail. hundreds standing to hear
the music.
Moriz Rosenthal, the pianist, was the
main attraction. He played with his usual
dash and %brilliancy, n the audience could
hardly withhold It's applause until he had
finished Chopin's Romance and Rondo."
He $50 played -Humoreske and Fugato"
on themes by Johann Strauss, and was
reca He'd many times by his enthusiastic
admirers.
Nine. Louise Homer sang the grand air
20 Pretres de Baal" from Meyerbeer's lie
Prophetic" and the aria from Brlch's -Odys-
soeus,' and Anton Van Rooy gave with fine
dramatic effect -Wolframis Address" from
~-TannhAuser.- He also sang songs by Schu-
bert and Schumann. Nine. Olive Frem-
stad was literally applauded when she
sam the aria 20 Don Fatale" from Verdi's
Don Carlos"
S~aint-Saens, the composer, sat in one Of
the boxes. Nahan Frankie, the conductor,
spied him and there was q fanfare from
the orchestra, the audience joining in the
applause.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-24
SAVE FOR ".JI,LIE BON BON"
h JudlciOus Doyle Liked The vIVacIous
Lipman, Anyhow.

Louis Mann, his wife, Clara Lipman /;
n the rest OF the Julie Bon Bon" oom-
pany that went against an iceberg in Lon
don town got pack home yesterday. Mr..
Mann and his wife came on the Hamburg
American Line steamship Amerika and the
others on the Atlantic Transport liner
Minnehaha But they all arrived in Ho-
boken, because the. Minnehaha was COM
PEELED to dock there, as the slip at the foot
OF Houston street was occupied.
Louis Mann was as cheerful as possible
under the circumstances, and when one Of
his friends told him that il had been cold
in New York Louis remarked that he didn't
think that il could a W been cold, COM
paratively speaking.
He was sorry that Julie Bon Bon did
not take over there, because 1t showed him
that the people had no appreciation OF a
good thing. After a week so me Of the au-
dience did seem to be getting where they
could appreciate IL, but they we're slow.
But Mr.. Mann was greatly encouraged
for he said that he had made a hit with
Sir Conan Doyle and at his request will
play GregcTU Breus'er in Waterloo" the
one act piece which was written for Sir
Henry Irving. Also Sir Conan said that
Miss Lipman was as charming an actress as
he had ever had the pleasure Of seeing, and
he resented the things that the critics Of
London had said about Julie Bon Bon
OH OOndu TIC tnHJ ne OnO not KNOW WDaL
was the mat ter with the critics, that the
public was always a better critic than the
ones that set themselves up asasuoh and
that Mr.. Mann, had he stayed a little longer,
would have won.
Other passen gers on the America vouched
for the story that Louis Mann strung" a
passenger-1chaffed him terribly" as it
was put. The passenger asked h Sandy
Hook was like.
1T il an enormous iron affair that takes
the vessels in its grasp and drags them
up TO the village. They call it Sandy be-
cause it was built by a Scotchman," the
passenger was told.
The America anchored at the bar Satur-
day night, but the passenger was up bright
and early yesterday TO see how the bloomin
thing would work. Just before parting
with him Louis told him hat il he had
occasion to go up in any Of the tall buildings
he should take an express elevator always.
IL he took a local he would probably miss
his dinner.
DR.. J. Fond Thompson, the Washington
physician who was recently operated on
in London by DR.. Mayo Robson. was a
passenger or the Amerika. He was ac-
companied by two Of his daughters. Others
on boar we're Mr.. and Mrs. j. Brown Potter,
Miss Beatrice Bertrand, Mr.. and Mrs. w. S.
Gurnee, the Misses Gurnee, Baron Wulff
Won Plessen, the Swami Abhedaianda and
the balloonist D'Outremont.
The Cuna rider Umbria brought a big
Christmas mail. She had 1906 sacks.
Among her passengers was Col. Ofley
B. s. F. Shore, D. s. o., who is on his way TO
Canada. He was a conspicuous figure in
the last British trouble in South Africa.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-24
1--WE TOPTCS AMOUR ROW..

A West Side junk dealer has for sale a
fine looking old church bell, which he
picked up at Il smelling works where it
had been purchased, along with other old
metal, for melting. The old bell bears,
IN a circle OF embossed letters running
around 1t near the top, the names Of It's
tounders and the place and date of its cast
ins Alfred Ives a Co, New York, ls44.'
lts weight IL $40 pounds. The same dealer
has-an old and ornamentally wrought
spanish church bell that came from Cuba.
this bell Weighing 300 pounds. The price
OF the old Spanish bell is 500, and that OF
the old church bell cast in New York Sl2S.
Lewis y. Chanler, the new Lieutenant
Governor, ia q devotee OF court tennis.
He passes the weekends at Tuxedo and IL
then constantly in the ennis court. He
holds his own very well on the court handi-
caps with T.. Suffern Taller, Richmond
Talbot, Alfred Seton, Pierre Lorilland, Jr.,
anu the others who use the court regularly.
me Lieutenant-Governor has q fine stroke
and sends. the volleys as hard and straight
as ne marks a point In his speeches.
One OF the most interesting collections
OF autographs in this own is owned by a
man who cultivated the art Of kicking In
order to secure them," said an autograph
expert. Every signature in the collec-
ton was appended to a letter written by
some prominent person in reply to a COM
plant made by the i~ndefatigable kicker.
he complained about everything under the
sun TO railroad presidents about delays ON
the road, to public officials about abuses in
their system OF managing public interests,
TO literary men and artists about short
comings in their work, to actors and singers
about some defect in a ~favorite role, and
always his complaints we're couched in such
vlrile anguage as to win consideration and
a reply, not from some secretary but from
the celebrity whose autograph he coveted"
Lovers of fine animal skins would have
been Interested in the collection recently
mounted at the workshop Of a Seventh
avenue taxidermist. They we're all native
animals, some half a dozen in number, and
represented the fruits of a hunting expe-
dltion OF President Roosevelt in the Rocky
Mountains. He had sent them. on here to
be mounted for use in the White House.
One of his iniunctions to the taxidermist
was to mount the heads fat as he declared
he had too many stumbling blocks" In the
way OF mounted heads already.
At one OF New York's most select board
ing school for girls some OF the pupils
have formed a society for the abolition
Of slang and fine themselves ten cents for
every slang word they use. One golden
haired miss recently reported at the secre-
tary's desk. in a silvery voice: Thirty cents;
two 'rottens' and a 'beastly.'"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-24
ARCHBTsHOP BLESSES 4 BELL.
The Gift or Mgr. Kearney 70 the Old 81
Patrlck's Church.

Old st. Patrick's Church, at Prince and
Mulberry streets. the former Catholic
Cathedral, was the scene of a picturesque
ceremony yesterday afternoon, when Arch
bishop Farley blessed the bell which vas
presented 70 the church by the pastor, the
Rt. Rev. Mgr. John F. Kearney. The
Archbishop, assisted by Brother Philip
Of La Sale School and other priests. gave
his blessing on the bell and also the banner
OF the Holy Rosary Society. The ceremony
included a sermon BY Mgr. Kearney, the
presentation of the bell, the blessing and
Archbishop Farley's address.
The bell, which is the only angelus bell
In that part Of the city, weighs $500 pounds
and Is forty-two inches across the base.
II IL made OF bronze and 10 inscribed it'll
aLatin text with the dates OF Mgr. K~earney's
pastorate.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-24

together and turn back to the East, espe-
cially in an effort to redeem the wretched-
ness that exists in the great cities" The
speaker did not look on the city dwellers
as the part Of America most advanced in
influence TO come cityward from the
country.
ITO conclude he said, "the quickening
spirit is something individual. II stirs In
every heart. May humanity come 20 know
and to recognize IL and respect il. Then
the poorest will feel the dignity and in
SEPARATION Of its individual presence. Then
will the human heart itself. be redeemed
from pauperism.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-24
MASS FOR NIGHT WORKERS.
Unusually Fine Music at 81. Francis Assists
on ChrIstmaa Morning

A solemn high mass will be celebrated
at 2:S0 O'Clock on Christmas morning at
the Church of st. Francis Assist in West
T~hirty-first street for the night workers
OF the vicinity. An unusually fine musical
programme has been arranged for the
service. A double quartet of we'll known
church singers. including Thomas Boyd
ported by a trained choir Of sixty voices
under the direction of Prof. p. j. Ouielev
The string music will be furnished by mem
bers Of the Metropolitan Opera House or
chestra. There Will be another solemn high
MAS at $50 A. NJ. for the regular parish-
ioners.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-24
METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE.

This Evening, at s-FEDORA-Cavanert. Alien.
Caruso. Scotli, Paroli. Muhlmann. Dufriche, Begue.
Conductor, Vigna.
Wed. Evg., Dec. 20. at s-LA DAMNATIoN DE
Ballet Aerien. Conductor. Vigns.
Fl. Evg, Dec. ~ at s-LAKME-Sembnch,
yacoby, .SiIneoll, hatfield; Rousseliere, Joumet,
Simard, Bars. Conductor. Bovy.
Sat. an, Dec. 20. at l3O-SlEGFRIED-Fleis r.
Edel, kiTkby -Lunn. Rappold. Burr1an, Van Rooy,
Relss, Goritz, Blass. Conductor, Hertz.
Sat. EVR. Dec. 20, al ;. Pop, Prices BOHEME
ABBOTT, Alien; DIPPED. Scott, Joumet, Simard,
Dufrche, Rossl. Paroll. Conductor, Vigna.
Tues. An. Jan. NEW YEARS DAY.
MAT. AT 3 AT POPULAR PRICES.
Humperdinck's Fairy Opera,
HAENSEL n GRETEL.
Seats now on sale.
WEBER PIANO Used.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-24
A QUESTION OF AUTO VERACTrY.
A Plain snd-s Cop Driver Differ as TO Blame
for Collision.

Alfred johnson, the driver Of Maurice
Untermyer's automobile, who was arrested
on Saturday at Fourth avenue and Twenty
sixth street by Policeman Leitch, who drives
Deputy Police Commissioners Waldo's AUTO
mobile, was arraigned yesterday In the
Jefferson Market police court.
Leitch's and Johnson's stories differed
greatly. Each tried to show that the other
was at fault and was the aggressor. Both
parties finally said they could produce wit
nesscs to back up their statements and
asked for an adjournment. This was
granted and the case waa- set Town for o
hearing on Thursday afternoon. johnson
was psroled IN custody Of bic counsel.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-24
Concert or LIberati,s Band.

5MesSandro Liberati and his tia lie n
k,..arGy band, assisted by Irwin Eveleth
.sen' pianist, and Nine. Noldi, soprano,
ast nights Sunday ooncer st the
ssoorome The audience expressed its
En- a vigorously and applauded espec-
~ - rt1oeratfs cornet solo, AThe Pyramds,'
"@e eader's new compositions.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-15
WHAT EVARTs SAID.

When the Hon. John r. Alley Of Lynn
was a member of congress he, with others
of the New England delegation I'm Wash
ington. had given a dinner on Forefathers'
day. Ex-Secretary of State EVarts was
one Of the guests. In the after-dinner ex-
erciSes Mr.. Alley had taken much time
in relating circumstances in which he
was the most conspicuous figure
Evarts was next on the list Of speak
ers, and, in beginning his remarks said.
= have listened TO my friend Alley with
profound interest and respect. The many
events of national and state history with
which he has been connected is truly
wonderful. but there is one he has omit
ted, doubtless through his well known
modesty- 1 refer to that ever memorable
morning when, after the discovery of
America, Columbus turned to him and
said. John, where had we better land 2 f"
Boston Herald.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-15
A TIcKLIsH EXPERIMENT.

Commenting on the purpose OF the
department of agriculture to expert
ment with the cultivation of the ma
guey plant. the expert of the Washing
ton Post makes a few pertinent re-
marks about the subject The depart
Inent has reported that the center OF
the fruit properly prepared tastes much
like rich plum pudding soaked in q
heavy syrup. So far SO good, but, the
expert remarks. there is another side.
Doubtless there are thousands Of
acres of unproductive land in Arizona,
New Mexico and California. to say
nothing of Utah and Nevada. where
this plant could be cultivated proftably.
Plum pudding in a heavy syrup would
meet a long-felt want, say, in the Ma
jave desert or around Tombstone. but
there is a by-product, as miners term
it. in this plum pudding arrangement
The Mexicans make puique and te-
qulla from il. PUlque is a compare
lively cheap drink, absorbed by the
NIexicans in large quantities and pro-
ducing considerable joy if the drinkers
capacity holds out. But tequila Is
chained lightning. with a voltage of
some thousands, and the voltage steps
up to Tesla currents at about the third
shunt OF the switchboard. Two short
circuits on a liberal dose of tequila will
breed a violent disregard for the prop
critics and has been known to produce
riot when misdirected-
According to the Washington author
fly, the first time he drank freely Of
that stuff. Mr.. Buck GTimshaw of Eagle
Pass remarked to a bosom friend. quite
thoughtfully, that he had been born
savage, raised dangerous, and, being
Welt. felt that it was his time to howl.
He then shot four Mexican vaqueros, q
stranger from Oklahoma, and all the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-15
SPEAKER cANNoN's NEW MOVE.

Speaker Cannon and his followers of
the administration forces have taken a
new tack on the statehood bill In a
change in the bill regarding the pro-
vision for lands. the speaker has found
an excuse for referring the matter back
TO committee for a new report. This
will enable him to deprive Oklahoma
and Indian Territory of statehood If
the friends of Arizona and New Mexico
insist on eliminating them from the
bill; and it may give him a chance to
compel a caucus which the "insurgent'
Republicans oppose
just where the statehood question
will terminate at this session does not
appear. but it is unlikely the senate
will reverse its determination to protect
Arizona and New Mexico from the out
raj e of compulsory union. In the event
Of a deadlock, the administration may
possibly secure some sort of comDrO-
mise TO save its face" but it is i'm
possible to believe that the senate will
yield to the house when the people Of
the country are almost unanimous in
their demand for fair treatment of the
territories