The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-03-02
Miller HOmcStcod ct Chappaqua
Occupied by Mis-. EVa booth

New York. March 2.-Up IN Chappaqua,
that dreamy little Quaker hamlet whose
chief claim to fame rests on the fact that
Horace Greeley made it his home for
many years before he died, they are talk
Ing of the departure of Miss Eva Booth,
commaNier OF the Salvation Army in the
United states, with her wonderful collec-
tion Of dogs.
Ever since Miss Booth settled there n
little more than a year ago. with her
dogs, her man secretary. her female
amanuensis. a housekeeper and one or
two other servants, the quiet folks OF
that restful little community have been
talking about her
Her dogs. her eight hundred dollar sad
die horse her bright red riding jacket,
her male attendant have all proved rich
morsels for the local gossip. folv Chappa-
qua never has anything really sensation
al 10 talk about and simple things are
magnined into important incidents In it's
daily life The dogs have been pronounced
a village nuisance by some OF her neigh
bors
They never have any scandals in Chap
paqua or any violations OF the common
law as it is understood in other parts OF
the world. The nearest approach TO a
scandal I'm the village occurred several
years ago when some OF the villagers,
thinking that il would be a nice thing to
have a little music introduced choral
work at the Sunday services I'm the Qua
ker meeting house on the main road. For
two hundred years the good Quakers had
met In the venerable edifice and COM
muned in quiet. the men on one side and
the women on the other with only the
songs OF The birds on the trees outside TO
disturb their meditations. The wrath OF
generations OF dead Quakers that had
worshipped there arose In protest at this
sacrllege which threatened to create "A
schsm IN the congregation the older
Quakers lining up against 1t and the
younger ones I'm favor or the music. The
latter finally prevailed upon their simple
brethren TO accept the innovation with
good grace and a scandal was averted.
In a lapse from its normal pastoral
mood the citizens Of Chappaqua seven or
eight years ago thought Il would be be-
coming OF their Importance on the map 10
have jail and a chief OF police. although
there really was no use for it. The village
trustees were criticised as extravagant
when they built a lookup for 500. The
chief OF police was placed on a commits
sion basis He resigned after several weeks
OF it, because there was nothing coming
IN ana II was costing MN something 10
maintain the dignity suddenly thrust upon
him. The Jail is there yet, but it's locks
are rusty and It's raftcrs mantled with
dust and cobwebs which the enterprising
spiders have been weaving undlsturbed
ever since IL was built.
HAS MANY DOGS.
Miss Booth chose Chappaqua as her
home because OF it's peaceful environ
ments and the gentle ways OF its inhabi-
tants
Miss Booth comes 10 the city every
morning 20 direct the great phllanthropic
work OF which she is the head and II Is
evening before she returns But her dogs
are there all the time and the Quakers
say that they wish that they were any
place else I'm Westchester county, prefer
ably Pleasantville, just below. There is a
feeling OF Jealousy between Chappaqua
and Plea asantville and the citizens OF the
former take pleasure In shifting over to
the latter whatever is disagreeablc with
In their own precincts. There Is n wide
difference I'm the estimate OF the number
OF dogs on Miss Booths place. somo ma
tive statistics say that they number as
high as sixty while others contend that
there are not more than fifteen or TWEEN
~. Most or them arc colies-handsome