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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-02
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At valdese. N. C., fifty families of Italian farmers have been organized into a profitable community, and they. too, are inducing colonies of their coun- trymen to come out to America. Rus sian farmers are now engaged iD truck ing at Aiken, s. C., and near Summer vile a little band of French-C Canadian farmers are in similar pursuits, with most encouraging results. At Lumber City. Ga, Italian farmers and wood workers have found the country and sawmills in that vicinity 90 remunera- tive that they are urging their country. men to come there.
 From Birmingham. Ala. to Green vile, Miss, Italians have been secured as cotton growers. From Mobile to Birmingham there are scattered settle ments of German. Hungarian and Polish farmers, whose abilities and en- ergies have made a marked difference in the neighborhood where they have established themselves.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-27
HOME FOR DELFT PHIS.
Cornerstone of Fraternity Clubhouse
Laid 1Uith CEREMONY.

The ceremony OF laying the corner stone for the
new chapter house Of the Delta Chapter Of the
Delta Phi Fraternity. of Columbia University in
lleth-st. near Riverside Drive. was held yester-
day afternoon.
PRESIDENT Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia
ana a member of the Psi Epsilon Fraternity. said
that the fraternittes had ,piaced Columbia under
fasting debt OF gratitude because they had voIun-
ariy taken IL upon themselves to remedy the lack
OF social life by which the university was ham
pered- DIT Butler said that the traditions Of fra
ternies stand for the best things of college life
and that their tendency is to promote the building
of character
Dean j. Howard Van Amringe is not a fraternity
man. out said he was convinced that such societies
as the Delta Phi Fraternity were agencies for
good r. Fulton Cutting who was the next speak
err said that he joined the Delft Phi Fraternity fifty
years ago and that his closest friendships had been
made in the society He said that when he Joined
we fraternity the members never even drew a
picture OF a clubhouse He advised the younger
q9sllty, not quantity: character and not wealth.
ana merit and not numbers and urged them to
cherish these ideals
Tie new chapter house Is to cost SIS 600 and IS
erected by the Alumni Association Delta Phi
DroIhers, OF which Philip Livingston is president:
J. J. Oakley Rhinelander vice president; E. Ellery
ANDERSON, treasurer. and Ludlow Ogden secretary
~ IS 10 De OF brick with front and five stories
Nigh The general architectural design Is colonial
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-27
GOOD CHEER at THE ACADEMY.
@The Heart Of Maryland.

~ Fslss,os military play. long familiar 10 the
49, r-hiio and always popular, was revived last
-. Al the Academy. win effective scenery ana
With IN unusually strong cast o. us prlcli7i PAL q
-, ,rs,Ie., gave 8 digniaed impersonation Of Gen
= Ker6rick. and MI John f Kellerd made Of
l,lo,e1 Tho-pe "a part 10 tear cat Mss Odette
Tvler. as Maryland calvert was, as usual pretty
and Fleasins in her level speech, hut harsh and
.sr,u I'm moments Of excitement and completely
rrAeusI n The munitions conflict that ends win
the stabbIng Of Thorpe she swung forth nlInoIy on
,hs beu however. and that feat elected "A ire
,s,5ot,s tribute Of public rapture. 'CUrfew shall
- ring Yo-rirbt" The revival WILL doubtless,
move rsr7urerative The house was crowded
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-27
ART EXHIBITIONS.
Paintings, Mostly Modern, at the
Amer1can 4rt Galleries.

The galleries OF the American Arr Association
have rather gay appearance just now. They are
hung with lS1 paintings. nearly ali modern which
TO be sold Mendelssohn Han rs,-, 1-,,,,sI.
and Friday evenings. These paintings belonp 70
hVe Collectors Messrs Peter A Schemm Moses
lahehosuHl, William Solomon. Solomon Mehrba CHI
anu LOUIS a blodle. and to the estate OF the late
Henry Steers Mr. Biddie's share In tho anternrisa
is small but. nevertheless Of t,,nor+aroa tn
paintings belonging him are two norrs,ts of tba
Lhghsh school. one OF Lord Devon bv Ronlnev
and the other of Captain Thomas Drake" hv Sir
lhonnaS lawrence. Both charming perform
ahces, Inc Lawrence is almost entirely free from
the sickness which renders inspid so many Of this
painters works For the rest the paintings shown
are bright anecdotc pieces with here and there an
item Of deeper interest
Inc typical picture is one like vibert's CULVER
ana the Llipuuans.' in which an amusing motive
is elaborated with much attention n detau II "a
goo1 work OF It's kind, and it bears a celebrated
name we may say the same of Deiorts Gate
ana Fouhtain at Rouen.' Bouguereau's The Gar
uther Laughter, Domingos THE Love Song"
Maarazo s Morning Reflection and so on through
a long list There is a certain energy in soma of
these pictures. witness Professor Brandt's
Polish Soldiers Capturing a Turk but in the
mann the work here suggests the artist bent upon
telling the heholder a human story preferably
sentimental IN polished and not at all esoteric
terms We have alluded 10 some executions To this
rule Israels is conspicuous among them with two
Dutch peasant scenes that have painters quality
ana there are several creditabe contributions in
the same vein by minor Continental artists The
two sea pieces by Alfred Stevens are interesting
especially The Sailboat. Treport" and there is a
very clever touch in the long panel ''On the Marne
a. Creteil.' by Luigi Loir Cain is represented by
three paintings. Of which one. the ''Old Ruins" is
a capital specimen of his talent and in the group
of earlier romantic French pictures there is first
rate composition by Decanps the Fortune Teller
in the Camp, a picturesque Oriental scene con-
tanning some good color Clays Jules Breton
Mesdag, Thomas ran. Harpignies Schreyer
Rico. Thaulow, Henner. Jacque, Worms Ridgeway
knight. Pasini Munkacsy, Ernst Luminais, Fred
eTsck James. Ziem, Meyer Bremen and Eugene
de Baas among the others whose productions
may be seen Though the show does leave a
deep impression. it excelently illustrates the mod
ern school its entertaining side. and the sale
viii doubtless be marked by sharp bidding.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-27
NEW BURLESQUE.
Weber's Music Hall.

The first burlesque of the season was put on last
night by Joe Weber and his company at the music
nall and The Squaw Man and THE Girl OF the
Golden West" came jointly in for a touching up
The Squaw Mans Girl of the Golden West the
course of it, except Joe Weber, who is The "disap-
pointed bad man" of the piece. He says damn
right out. and is promptly told that he is not In
Waliacks or the Beasco. This absence OF profanity
alone would make the skit genuine burlesque.
But the skit has many other claims to considera-
ton as true burlesque though oddly enough. last
night the audience was very slow about granting
them At first both the Royle and Belasco plays
are made fun of in ainless sort of way but
When the night comes on and the storm arises and
The Girl Hndresses behind the bar while the
road agent lover takes the stove TO bed the bur
iesque Is centred in the big act of Mr. Belasco's
melodrama, and it drives straight home. Of course
Marie Dressler is The Girl" and E J. Connolly
gives capital imitation of Frank Keenan's Sheriff
Miss Dressler begins her primping up to receive
ner lover by putting snowshoes preeaution as
we'll as an adornment. for the way the snow flies
ABOUT that place is a caution. The situation
reaches the exact climax of Mr.. BeIasco's plav
The Girl and the Sheriff sitting down to play for
the lovers life-only here they play checkers The
Girl wins out by substituting pieces of cracker
Tor the Sherins white men, and then eating them
on the board The piece is nearer to real burlesoue
than anything seen at the music hall in a long
time and should furnish capital entertainment for
all lovers of this byway Of art And Charles Bige-
lows imitation of an Indian chief will add to the
pleasure
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-27
MORTGAGE TAX ACT.
Repeal Of Measure Urged, but Not
Passage of Recording Fee.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir; Through the courtesy OF The Tribune
would once again like to inject little common
sense in the subject of the vicious and idiotc Mort
gage Tax act. which I earnestly hope will be re-
pealed. No greater mistake can be made how
ever, than by tnsttuting in its place and stead a
measure imposing a recording fee. By so doing
our State Assembly would simply re-enact many
of the dishonest features of the original measure
besides encouraging discrimination and perjury on
the part OF those affected by the OF the pro-
posed statute.
No one in his believe for a minute that
capitalists will pay premium (calI IT by whatever
name you please. stamp or otherwise) for the
privilege OF lending money. AS natural result, IL
they do so. they will recoup by requiring bonus
on each transaction or by demanding higher ties
of interest. In where this is practica bic
other cunning devices will be resorted to. that
any and all burdens will be shifted the shoulders
of unfortunate borrowers.
Consequently. in the long run. vacant property.
already heavily assessed. will be disastrously affect
ed. as its discouraged owners will little no
profit in putting betterments thereon.
The effect of this is plain. In the first place one
OF our most profitable industrial pursuits will be
vitality injured and secondly corollary TO this.
our chief taxable source of will materially
suffer- for just in proportion as real property is
rendered more valuable State and city treas
uries will be enriched.
More than all this, let the farmers. upstate"
take heed Of the strong and cogent words OF Frank
Bel. of the Controllers Office. an expert in such
matters who in a communication published some
years ago. wrote:
The relief of personal property from taxation would
attract capital when relieved, and its presence
would by the infallible rule increase real estate
values and thereupon our rate OF taxation decline.
Rural districts and smaller cities. being affected
more seriously. would. upon the enactment or a
statute eXempting personal property from taxa
ton. receive more benefit than New-Iork City.
As matters now stand there are hundreds of mill
ions OF dollars lying idle in our savings banks
and much yearly is being removed to and
hidden in adjoining States TO escape the bungling
legislation of New-Yo
SIDWELL S. RANDALL.
Nev-York, Feb. o. 1905
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-27
CHANGES AT HAND.

NJ Donald MacLarens play Of The Redskin''
vii arrive 81 the Liberty Theatre m Monday
Mss GuIbe-t VIII give her last performances at the
LyceCn Theatre this afternoon and on Friday af-
ts-uoon Nine Meta Hing. of the Berlin stage
VII appear 81 the Berkeley Lyceum. 44th-st, next
Friday evening, in 'Magda one Of the most dis
resslng bores Of this period. on March g. Nj
LswTanee = Orszy viii come 70 Days Theatre. in
Mr. Thomas's The Embassy BalI'': Mr.. Francis
Wilson VIII come 70 the Criterion Theatre. in The
Mountain Climber Miss Blanche Walsh will come
70 the Harlem Opera House. in The Woman in
the Case; and the votaries OF the West End The
s.re VIII be favored with Lovers and Lunatics''
". ".
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-27
WHAT IS GOING ON TODAY.
mems Show. Madison Square Garden.

sportsmen's Show. Madison Square Garden.
Board Of Aldermen meets City Hall. l P
Chugch. Young Mems Christian Association Han,
l55th-st.. near Broadway. evening
q Bro%nia Ts study Of rsrsonsT ndtss del
sa-to" League for Political Education. No % West
Mrs Belle Gray TAYLOR on Love and Law, Society for
Political study Genealogical Hall. No 226 West
Political study. Genealogical Hail. No. 226 west
Address BY Rev H 5 Conn for women students.
Central Church No. 2l2 West 57th-st 5l5 p.
LS f 6 A A Na gosaty T S the & as5 &
ss u o1k i IN Central III &sioa 10 1is Nest
5aih-st.. $50 P. N,
Meeting Of yacht to organize special handicap
class. Hotel Aston. evening.
Peoples Institute address by Clinton Kogers WoodFlff
Dinner Patrick p president OF the Board
Of Aldermen. Waldorf. evening
inspection Of the POD Regiment.
Meeting the Linnran Society address by Dr. VIII
Museum 6 81 Naiars on r-isto sfs
New-York Hospital graduating exercises Of the nurses
Of the Training scnool Administration Building No.
Lecture by AIgernon Economics OF Socialism
Vest Side Socialist headquarters. No SsS shave.
Free Day ct the Museum Of National History and the
Geological Park
Free s2sgEss q gsrd f Efqoaon B9 81, Wa6 aEs
-Iesor On &c eSty
81 No 81 Motif clarence de vaux Roger Com
posers and Music OF America Public School No. so
No 22t East s5t-St Walter l. Eogert Recital
Public School No 100 seth
between p and 30 Or. J. Seymour Ernans.
Transportation OF the Injured, Bandagng and Hints
Of Value Care Of the Sick: Alfred Corning
clark Neghborhcod House, Cannon and Rivngton
sts DR.. Isaac c. StuTges Napoleon" tillustrated ;
American Museum Natural History. 77th-st. and
Central Park West. Professor Walter Scott Perry,
Egypt Life. and Symbolism Continued dIlus-
trated} Institute Hall. No us East 106th-st-, Miss
Pauline Jennings, The Orchestra Judson Memorial
Hal. Washington Square. corner Thonpsorst, Cyrus
Weekes ''O'er Canyon and Crag in Search for Cold
illustrated: Cornelius Church. No. 423 West
46Jh-st William I. SCandiin. Photography dlus-
crated) University Settlement No 1s4 Eldridge-st.
Dr. James c. Ditmars. The Real George Washing
dlustrated); West Side Neighborhood House, No
West 50rh-st-. Theodore I. Jones, The Electric
Light Station and Systems Of Distribution Public
School NO >. l69th-sr. and 3d-ave Edward Avis.
An Evening in Brdland" illustrated: Catholic Pro
recrory Van Nest Captain H @. Morse The Isl
ands OF the Pacific ulustrated).
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-27
PNEUMATIC MAIL TUBES AGAIN.
oOmpany's Service To Be Resumed Soon
VIII Be Widely Extended.

Tie pneumatic mail and newspaper tube service
vii be resumed within a few days. IL was an
BOUNCED yeste-5av. The control Of the New-York
Nan and Newspaper transportation Company has
been taken over by the American Pneumatic Ser
vice Company, q Boston.
The pneumatic mail service IN Manhattan ceased
las October and the following day the service be
tween Brooklyn and Manhattan closed down owing
70 financial difficulties between tho New-York Nail
and Newspaper TRANSFORMATION Company and the
Tubular Dispatch Company.
J. !. Kennedy. general manager Of the New-York
Hal and Newspaper Transportation Company, said
yesterday thar with the financial backing Of the
neW company the service viii be greatly improved
sne extended. Plans are beng made, he said, 10
install service connecting The WaII-st. sub-station
WIN the General Post once.
Al he present time the postal stations connected
VIE the tube service all the East Side. Mr.
helhe0Y said "a pneumatic tube service N the form
q q loop Will soon De installed. taking IN practically
~ ne sul-stati0us on the West Side. This loop
VI extend IS lar north as 10 hist over $i,s0V0O
nave - lar been afTropriated bE the new manage
aent for extending the service IN Manhattan. ma k
tubes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-27
SIDEWALK OBSTRUCTION LAWS.
Correspondent Says They Are Constantly
Violated. and Gives Instances
To the Editor of The Tribune

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Article y, Section lss. of the Revised Ord-
nances of the City of NewYork prohibits the cree
ton of awnings. sheds. pOrtcos other obstruc-
lions over the sidewalks of the following streets:
BoweIy Broadway. 5th ana 9Th ayes. Lexington
ave and Madison-ave
department store has been trying for the last
three years TO place a covering over sidewalk in
Lexington-ave., near 59th-st. This fall a certain
alderman who not to be renominated. had
amendment passed 10 the above ordinance, BY
which a seizure of the sidewalk has been made and
covering of iron and glass erected over the side
walk. from the house line TO the curb. BY means
of the same amendment a saloon has erected two
6th-ave:. and by changing the name OF the upper
part of the Bowery 10 Cooper Square a cloth.n E
firm has been enabled steal the sidewalk ter its
private use and advertisement.
| think the attention of citizens should be
called the prevalence of these obstrucIionS and
efforts made TO have the original ordinance re-
'portiCos have been erected by hotels and thea
tres, covering the sidewalks 10 the curb, removals
should be forced These distinctions add no
beauty to the city. They obstruct the view Up and
down the streets. and are altogether great an
uoyance to pedestrians.
In lower shave the law is violated by erecting
coverings of canvas from the house line 10 the
curb and planting iro,. columns In the centre OF
the sidewalk In fact. these unlawful and unsightly
even N upper 5th-ave. two hotels have had the
sidewalks covered for several years. without any
disturbance by the police or the Commissioner of
HIGHWAYS whose duty II Is TO remove them In
one of these iawbreaking hotels a justice of the
Supreme Court lives, and these violations
OF the law every time he goes out OF or into his
The citizens of our city ought TO stop these .eiz-
ures and insist on our sidewalks being free End
shall he, viz, from the house line 10 the curb
New York, Feb. Is. 1906 K. j, FORBES.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-27
DR.. SAMUEL DooLITTLE sRooKs.
INV Telegraph 70 The Tribune ]

Springfield Mass Feb. 26.-Dr. Samuel Doolttle
Brooks formerly superintendent of the New-York
Juvenile Asylum, died at his home in this city this
morning. He was az the head of the asylum from
1858 10 1873 He was born al Pittsheld. Mass, on
March l. 1915 and would have been ninety years
old next Saturday. lie preparing 20 celebrate
his birthday.
Reuben Brooks. hrs father, private in the
Continental Army. Or. Brooks left home when ten
years old working farm in summer snd at
tending school in winter he studied Medicine at
Berkshire Medical College. Pfttsfled. Mass, where
he a fellow student OF DR.. J. @. Holland. the
author and the two were close friends. Dr. EFOC Ks
prartised medicine for six years at Huntington
Mass. also six wears at South Hadey. where he
was medical supervisor at the seminary. now
Mount HOlyoke College, and attended Mary Lyon.
the founder OF the college, in her last illness. He
for nvs years superintendent Of the MaSsa L
setts State AlnlshouSe. and instituted reforms 4.
the manas Sasent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-27
DR.. JOHN WILLIAMSON PALMER.
- TelegEaph b % Trisunl

lBv TelesTaPh 70 The Tribune
Baltimore Feb &,-Dr John Williamson Palmer.
poet author and editor. died to-day. aged eighty.
He was born in Baltimore and graduated from
the Maryland University OF Medicine Re took up
literary work and wrote for Harpers story OF
his travels in the Orient. He was OF the orig
inal California ''Forty-lineTs.'
DR. Palmer was a correspond Z Cor tt New
York Tribune during the Civil = ar After the
war he became an editor % the Standard and
Century dictionaries and assisted IN the revision
of the Webster Dictionary. He also was editor
of The Literary Digest" On the coronation OF
Queen Wllhelulina he wrote up ith the Orange.
the war Cry OF William ths silent for the Hol-
land Society of New-YOFk. for copy OF wnich he
received testimonial from the Queen His Lost
popular poems we're "Stonewan Jackscn's Way, .
written during the battle of Antietars. and Fred
Braddock" Among his other works we're The
Queens Heart" a comedy: The Me- and Old.
ST-n and Down the Irrawaddy." Folk songs and
number CT translations from the French classics.
He leaves wife and son. Courtiandt E Palm
er. of New-York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-27
NEVER AN ERRAND BOY.

Lord Strathcona, by the by. Indignantly denies
the story constantly printed in this country TO
the effect that he began life an errand bow in a
village drygoods store in Scotland that he came
to this country In the steerage and after a short
stay in New-York wandered on to Canada where
he made his way up. step by step. in the service
OF the Hudsons Bay Company, from the lowest
rung of the ladder until he became its president
He wishes IT TO be known that his origin was far
from being as humble intimated by his HOG
raphers He declares that his people were among
the county families Of Morayshire, and that his
mother was daughter of the same blue blooded
house TO which the late Field Marshal Sir Donald
Stewart belonged. He further claims kinsmanshiD
with the Grants. of Manchester who were the orig
inals of the Cheeryble Brothers in Charles Dick
ens's Nicholas Nickleby." Instead of earning his
living In his youth errand boy in a village
store he studied law at Edinburgh and worst of
all, he never TO this country in the steerage
but. on the contrary, a first class passenger
with commission as officer OF the poV-erfuI
Hudsons Bay Company. l give this story as re-
quested, but candidly admit that I prefer the
former legend of the steerage passa &c and OF the
service as errand boy at the village store II is
much more romantic.
MARQUISE DE FONTENOY.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-27
THE DRAMA.
NEW PLAY AT THE PRINCESS.
Brown of Harvard. !"

-. fabric Of folly called Brown Of Harvard, p"
- issr night at the Princess Theatre. with
- TvooarurT.-new Matched a star.-in its
M1. - .s~f makes known various alleged but
ies"',e ..,-esfble incidents OF everyday life at
h s. 1-niversitV. Tom Brown was = buoyant.
f1 -, wealthy youth. lodging al Harvard a
leQ.. Gerald Thorne was a poor coach 10
So ,,5vstelv. Tom Brown was affording pecuni-
ss Wilton Ames. another student. a
s,,.,.s7.ara a forger. thief. and drunkard and
Do .. also the r1unihcent Brown was extending
y Thorne's sister Marian. had been seduced
.-,ss and she repaired 20 the lodging OF Brown
70 arrival 81 guests she hid in Browns closet
60 which refuge she was presently extri-
~ - presence OF the company 20 the en-
--.ss-,snt OF Brown. other circumstances
= oor+-ive6. 10 make Thorne hostile 20 Brown.
- - saddle tnat innocent person with sus-
-, NJ the sins OF Ames. There was 10 he a
80 and Anles was constrained. by scamp
- Clifton 10 contrive defeat for the lads OF
l,sse by causing the detection of Thorne
- .,role oar" This nlot was defeated by the
ehle Brown, who suddenly stepped into that
-. nesition and saved the rsoe-an expedient
49, -tsf,llous The piece IS correctly described
s,,ver5Ie entertainment It contains SONG.
- f-oli, and hoTseplay. The incidents are
80 and the language hristles with slang. At
-. s,s Brown IS vindcated; Thorne is pacihed;
"a Au,es Is made 10 do the right thing The pur-
-. srsssrs to have been an exposition of the
I,..-sr1s1t II college boys" while wasting time
= -,oue-.-as so many OF them do,-at the uni
- In actual life the spectacle is sufficiently
.,-e~i On The stage II is not only painful, but
- A. Woodruff evfnced blithe spirit and
- 7-errv song in 6 pleasing manner. There