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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-24
TO WAKE UP CITY FATHERS.
To Get Hearing, Women Should Combine on
Municipal Matters, Says Mrs. TrOw.

II Mrs. John Fowler Trows advice 10 the So
ciety for Political Study IS taken 10 heart ny the
women OF that and other womeEs clubs of the city,
the time is past when here woman and there
club Will rise IN isolated weakness 10 protest
against q wrong or petition for a right
After telling her audience that the victories Of
woTnsn In New-Tork could be counted the fin
gers o. one hand and that public hearings al the
City Hall were noteworthy only for the politeness
OF the city fathers and the celebrity with which
thsy forgot the wishes OF the women. Mrs Trow
recommended each club 10 appoint a municipal
committee, all the committees 20 cooperate with
some central organization, Ike lie City RECREATION
Then, instead Of each club sending IN its peU-
ton" she said. one petition can be sent In the
name Of The women az New OrE. our only wey
10 utilize the little power have is 10 cooperate.
II II by numbers only that We can be successful
from me earliest times. MIS- -rGW SAID AT the
beginning OF her talk. women have been the bur
Gen bearers. In the home she does all the work
not the least Of her burdens being that she has
In church she is always weIcOme-to make money
for the. men TO spend
AS a lovely example Of vomau's unselfshness she
iustanCsd the woman political club where
woman resumes her old role of burden bearer for
the good OF another hy raising money for the men
10 spend" The most hopeless minute In q woU-
an. life. according 10 Mrs Trow IS when she sees
that the laws are not enforced. and that she is
gared eccentric and inrerlOper II She ms SIS
LhaE Thev be enforced.
You can be nonenuues or you can count for
something in the municipality said Mrs. Trow, in
concluding. But ! hold ~ 10 be every woman S
duty be inJeliEenJly interested IN the affairs Of
the city Don't move TO have your club protest
over the fraction OF 3 bill Read the whole bill
before you act Don't protest appoint commit
tee invest gate, and then ind there nothing
70 protest about And don't make The mistake Of
standing for too much or trying 10 accomplish too
much. Find out the subjects that can be safely
agitated by women, and agitate them
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-24
TRUANT SCHOOL PLANS.
Jamaica Institution to Have Feat
ures for Helping BoHs.

Plans for the rst group OF buildings 70 be erected
the Garretson farm. Jamaica. Long Island,
which the city has bought a site for a truant
school, have been fled IN the Bureau OF Buildings
of Queens Borough by Superintendent c. b j.
Snyder Of the Building Bureau OF the Department
Of Education. The farm is composed OF 1O7 acres
and will be cultivated by the boys who
there II IS Mr.. snyder's plan 10 build admin
istration building and three dormtories at first and
to add other buildings as they are needed Shops
OF all sorts and farm buildings viii be built
eventually.
one-halt story structure OF brick and stone. and
will be p feet wide by 1s4 feet long. with an ex-
tension 50 by IS feet It's cost will be about $4,000
L viii be modern IN every respect hreproof. heated
by hot water. thoroughly ventilated and lighted oy
electricity The basement is 10 contain a large
gymnasium and three workshops. On the first hoor
in the annex there viii be auditorium. with
stage. dressing room and vestioule while in the
main building there will be a clerks once. the
principals Office and four classroorns.
The three dorrnitories which are be built from
one set OF plans. viii contain in their Easements
two playrooms. dressing rooms and washrooms
The floors viii be OF asphalt and the walls OF
glazed brick The first story IN each will contain
two large living rooms and two dining halls Tbs
second stories viii contain two dornirory rooms.
each SO by "A feet, TWO masters rooms and. besides
other small rooms one solitary room. wiki
griIIed walls and ceilings The door OF this room
IS TO be controlled by a special device designed by
Mr. Snyder by which the inmate may be released
by button near the masters bed IN case OF nre
The dormtories will be built OF hreproof BRICK ana
sanitary apparatus They viii De lbs by 81 feet
and are 10 cost $4,000 They viii accommodate
It is planned to lay out a large part o. the 10Z
for cultivation, and a part for Fairgrounds, walk
and roads Farm buildings are soon % % punt
Orchards viii be planted, and an artificial pond
W
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-24
NOT n DEATH TEROEs.
Minerva in No Danger Of Dissolution, Saws
Valiant Member

To ne EDITOR NJ The Tribune
Sir Because a ueaE-e half-dozen out NJ 250
members are disappointed in their ambition 10
- named ss candidates fo- o+Flce IN the coming
election Of The Minerva Club there has been
furnished 20 the press series OF sensational
statements 70 -re effect that the club is in mort
buno' condition y tnis be the case, why so anx-
iols 10 be numbered among its officers? II Is as
serted thar from being one OF the largest clubs
IN the CITY. Minerva haE dvfndIed 70 $50 mem
os-E The fact Is tHat the secretary's books show
that me largest number ever or the LIST ar one
tine was go ~ which 225 remain.
u was further asserted that The nominees Of
whom The executive board approved were them
selves. that they have been ir Office ever since
the club was organized. and they seem determined
Al t5s Nominees named on any ballot OF postal
cefo only Two, namely, the president and the
been III existence They were the founders
Minerva s not the sole instance Of clubs retain
ING us founder president long she
wiling 70 serve me Rainy Day Club for example,
As 70 the nominating COMMITTEES. four OUT Of Eve
o. whom were named as nominees the first
Qosts4 sent out @ very natural query IS: Why
been printed and sent 10 the members Their du-
ties IS defued in the constitution and bylaws
Chairman and count these ballots from which 20
form me regular ticket for the election Each and
az Of them disclssm having had anyt hing @ do
WITH sending out The postsls on which they We're
Suggested az nominees then why struggle so
strenuOusy % have The first ballots counted, when
these would undoubtedly have been colored by the
the interest Of The present officers and executive
board 20 have hao the nrst postal AXE effect. as
q the two that followed. They very rightly re-
plllaNso y hoNeNeL oeeALSe ~ vas AeAQed oy the
name OF AlneTVet Wnlcn mad been authorized by
10 one and would give an erroneous impression 10
After all thar hss been said done and written.
the very simple fact remains that AT the time Of
o. ali names printed on the ballot and s9bsrit1iis
others y they prefer LAY MEMBER
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-24
PRISONERS FOR LIFE.
Mrs Ballington Booth Tells Story of Grip
pied Girl and Man IN Jail.

II daresay some OF YOU have been asking what
7 am going 10 talk about" said Mrs BaIlngton
Booth smiling into the faces OF about seventy
FIVE OF the AlumnH Auxiliary Branch Of the
Young women's Christian Association yesterday
afternoon. I've been asking myself that same
question. You see. I've come from The rush OF
but then, anyway. I think the pest way is TO look
into the eyes Of your audience and then make up
When Mrs. Booth did announce her subject, f.
was 10 preach q little sermon on The Touch that
hFsrsg F5fE rSear,-tS- r5 49, .rs .v-Iel-sS ig
the touch divine the love OF Christ.
urged them ~ Is Toman's work 10 go through
ne M h-l-s 49, l-pl ~ 9oUl -gNs ana
your human sympathy The more you give, the
more YOU have. the more, you pass on the more
Then she tod them this story out Of her prison
Clauss partner in the homes desolated by the
absence Of the breadwinner IN prison, she SAID;
and f. is also my custom 10 issue an open appeal
one Year the same mail brought me two precious
north of the State saying she was happy she
lnclosed dollar bin 70 make some one else happy
served twenty-IouII years or nls sentence oehlna
write 10 YOU This is the happest Christmasride
sTert in giving some child Gh~ietrSas oy ''' ~
$50 j used his dollar 10 make the little crippled
The next tiPe visited his prison the man came
the way his dollar went. II would like 10 give that
little girl one Of my canares he said lThe warden
allows him, the use OF an old shanry where ne
raises cauartesy
! wrote 10 the girl and she wrote back that
she'd had bird and IL would be the greatest
Joy OF her life 10 have one So when spring came
the canary passed from the prison the girls sick
room And since then letters have passed between
the two prisoners foT life
Now. you'd say said Mrs Booth. srhat there
was very little but hopeless wreck 20 either OF
those lives But there They had the touch
divine, feeling for others the love OF Christ"
The AlUmuH Auxiliary branch is composed Of col
lege women who ar college have been members OF
the Young Women s. Christian Association. All
the large Eastern colleges are represented and the
president Is Miss Alice Draper Barnard % The
organization holds monthly meetings at the Broad
way Tabernacle. yesterdays being especially for
the women art students OF the city and on SUNDAY
evenings there IS q PRAYER meeting IN one OF the
studios Of the Carnegie Building.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-24
EMPRESS TO THE BRONX.
InterbOrOugh Company Ready TO
Install Real Rapid Transit.

It was announced yesterday by officials o. the
marlborough company that Il was ready 20 under
take simultaneously TO build the extension OF tina
present subway system north from Lextngton-ave
the East Side OF the city. south from 42d-st on
the West Side and 10 third track the sd-ave ele-
waited line from Chatham Square TO the Harlem
River. This third tracking arrangement the off,
Gals say would trains from the City Hall 20
The Bronx IN eighteen minutes within six months
The suhways ST the contracts were let tomorrow.
could not possibly he completed and equipped for
operation in less than four years.
An offer of this sort Is 20 be made 70 the
Rapid Transit Commission ers Il Is said and II IL
comes from the InJerborough II means THAI the
work will actually be done by the new traction
merger company. The details Of the organization
OF this holding company viii be announced I'm a
few days
ut has been repeatedly stated" said traction
object this third track because they fear II
would delay subway development. The INTERIOR
ough people recognize that II will take three or
four years 20 build the subways The third track
of the elevated can be built within six months ana
express trains can bee run from the City Hall 10 Tna
Bronx In eighteen minutes
cit De- a physical imp0sE blHty to make this rrIrr
in the present subway iu less than tweuty-ulne
minutes owing TO the curves and roundabout ~0fIfa
froIa sntl-st. 20 the Harlem River the EaUld Tran
SIT Commission LAID out rwO-traGk line. c0use-
queuIy there can De no express service beyond
3ttb-st The only 10 obtain real rapid ira veir
and make Harlem i'm fifteen minutes IS aver
straight lines, run from s2d-st. 10 the fFlr-
lem River without curve
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-24
THE LADIES KENNEL AssocrAr7oN

Al the annual meeting OF the Ladies. Kennel As
ISOLATION held at the Waldorf a few ss,-s g.,
the following officers We're elected fo- tba -.
President Mrs. james L. Keruochan. ,,ica-D~ssi
dent, Mrs Jules Vatable; secretary. Miss T NJ
OlarK ana treasurer. Mrs. Perry Belmont
Two chaAenge cups were offered by- nerb.-s
summers show. '' "eN'
The Westminster Kennel Clubs application cor
specials was delayed, and. Therefore 3D.. - ~.
Kennel Association specials did not appear ~ 80.
cuo premium list but the associations meube~s
VIII be pleased 70 learn that thirtv-oue ct.rr
cups and five specials have been put ,,-, - Il
Ladies' Kennel Association OF America o. ~ ,-le
petition at the Westminster Kennel Club,s - I'm
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-24
MUTUAL BENEFIT STATEMENT OFT.

The siXty-nr5t annual statement OF tho Mutual
BENEFIT Lie Insurance Company. which is ISSUED ro
day. shows that the total receipts for 1g5 ANA a.,
balance brought forward from the previous year
" s-o'-o1'90e ~. and the expenditures for
from pohcyhoiders ga 1870 were s14.s7smsa 81 al
the total paid 10 and invested for poIi.yb,I5 49,
year was 4lo-l3,o15 le. leaving Am 60 -
.--.L---' ,'- Investments over evuersee ~
taxes .1l -it year Of Ef54 -Igu s Tho rerr-- 80 ald
~ m ' ~ premium receipts OF more r6s. ~
~. ~ preceding year. The assets 49,
49,, .S' were S5sas s49 s. greater thsD "a
t,t,4r4r'ce ~ tss -t-"s an Increase or outstandT,
,--'-,.- - SOUS Six million five b.t+',-IS
lhelsai'I dollars more on Insurance was ,,I
'S''''l 4@S' 'e@F 'Aan In the preceding year. 3'1
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-24
ELECTROTYPoTHETH ORGANIZED.
New Employers Association Formed as Re
suit Of Printers Strike.

II was announced last night that as result
OF the open shop agitation among the employing
electrOtypers. a new association Of employers
had been organized. This is 10 be called the
Electrotypotheta, and will take in the indie
pendent firms which are running open shops. as
well as the members Of the Typothetae VINO have
eIectrotyping plants.
The Typothetae held special meeting last
night at No. $40 Broadway Secretary H V.
Boyer gave out the following statement after
the meeting:
We had 623 new men last week working IN
place of the go men who are on strike against
our members who are lighting the demands of
the union. During the week we weeded out
some of the poor men and replaced them BY
others The net result up 10 date is that there
are ia new men now working a gain Of ninety
one over last week and leaving the places Of 2B2
10 be filed. We have had returns from the
forty shops which are holding out and the fig
ures given DO not include any shops not IN the
TypOtheJR. The five eleCrrotypiug shops be-
longing 20 the members Of the Typothetge are
all running. The February magazines are all
practically completed, including the advertise
ments and some Of them have been out for some
time. The Isaac H Blanchard Company reports
that all its magazines are coming out on Ti,na
and we have the same reports from other firms
They viii have no difficulty I'm holding OUT until
the fight is won.
The committee OF Methodist minister's Vim
last week met the committee OF the TvDorra-b{
cal Union. big g. TO see n an arnicabla ~
raugement could not be come 10 with F,ato, E.
Mains. representing the Methodist Book Con
Germ. again met yesterday afternoon ana
through the Rev d. ". J. Richards and tn
Rev Wesley Johnson informed the strikers thai
they We're unable 10 do anything 10 bring about
a settlement.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-24
SOCIAL LIFE IN MANCHESTER"

TIE last two years Aave seen great change ia
the social life Of Manchester. England and the
Midland company deserves the lions share Of the
praise due fo- this change in building its mag
nifcent hotel in the Cottou0poIls they brought 20
the very doors Of tie residents OF the North the
amusements and refuemeuts which had previously
been obtaiuHble only in the metropolis.
One Of the many new features ia the history 81
hotels is The establishment Of a theatre under the
same roof the hotel proper. and during the
liSli-ir sesaHbt Le company engaged the services
~ II. q. Pelissers well known troupe. The Fol
lies. Residents ~ aud visitors 20 the metropolis
are doubt. well acquainted witn tho refined
humor Of their performance However Judging by
the large and appreoiarive audiences which nightly
crowd the the Midland Theatre the Laucastrians
think 30 less u this entertainment than do Is
LondJnerA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-24
MRS. Parker TESTIFIES.
admits Mistakes We're Made IN
Preparing Insurance Claim.

Mrs. Susan Day Parker took the stand yesterday
az the trial Of the London Liverpool and Globe m
surance Company for the recovery % 5000 insur-
ance paid TO her for the companys snare the
loss Of the yacht Scythiau Burned AZ sea in 1902.
The trial was resumed before Judge Wheeler in the
United States Circuit Court. When Mrs Parker
went on the stand she was examined by her atror~
nev. Mr. McFarIaus
The witness told Of having bought the Yacht in
1895 and the same time OF having fitted out the
boat with rugs paintings. furniture, etc. She said
that IN making UP the list Of furnishings she visited
various stores and found nearly possible. the
cost OF the articles Mrs. Parker said that certain
articles had inadvertently appeared IN the claim
they were not destroyed She said she made the
list rom memory and that owing the great dis
order Of her house at the time some articles were
put the list which were found later one was
hne dinner set belonging 70 her mother, and some
expensive nautical instruments We're also over
looked.
Mr. Cardoza, counsel for the plaintiffs subjected
Mrs Parker 70 severe crosse examination, but was
unable shake her testimony. AS she started 70
leave the stand Mrs. Parker sank back became pale
and appeared about TO swOou one Of her counsel
and Dr. Parker forward but she sat still for
moment. then left the stand without assistance
Miss Martha Lindsay Carroll who was a COM
pauion 10 Mrs. Parker on the yacht COrrObOrated
Mrs Purker's testimony in mnUtest dsrail
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-24
INDUSTRIAL HONOR.
Women Don't KnOzC Il B { of This
Virtue, Says Mrs. Spencer.

College women and women OF culture and leisure
who ere lsboring 20 uplft the working girl. DO not
- 4 class know The A 3 c OF Industrial honor
said the Re-. Anne Garlin Spencer before & meet
ing q women students called 70 discuss club work
among wage ea-ne7s a. the Horace Mann School
yesterday afternoon.
Whoever goes iuto this work continued Mrs.
Spencer should inform hersAf these subjects,
and the working girls societies should join hands
with the Woren's Trade Union League. for the
Industrial crimes ignorantly committed by women
would take more time 20 tell than you would have
patience 20 listen 20. Z may be q Eveet spirit Of
stste-lfness thst brings the girl Of wealth ana
leisure The one who has known nothing but the
hard compelling side OF life. but this vii count for
Iirs II she does not realize that she Is bound 20
dc nothing even for her own club friends that
vii make lifs harder for the people she doesn't
know. We mustn't play at being friends
Women are not a constant factor IN the indus
ria world They 20 into Fl for few years and
70 out again bur while they are there there are
some things that they ought not 10 be allowed 70
DO one Is 70 lows- the vitality Of the human
race
Il is an awful thing where e man signs MS
death warrant 70 take effect IN ten or fifteen years
but IL is a socially suicidal thing for women 10
AnoLhsT tA5ng that the woman M wage Garner
~ --tl- - -. -4s,ss-5 - - - -t1e
girl HhO goes into the industrial world simply TO
make life Impossible for The one entirely dependent
Not only should the working woman endeavor
20 do harm by her brief excursion into the
industrial. world, but she should Ivy 10 learn some
thing while she Is there The years Of wage earn
t1g should prove "A valuable schooling IN correcting
The common "a -l-E OF hood. The faults OF
women. like their virtues are rne result Of ages
Of isolation anc a wonar's EelfEhness @ che world
outside he- home iE only equalled Boy her sef-abne-
cation IN behalf uf those within lr"
The meeting was held under the auspices OF the
New ork Association Of Working Girls Societies
for the purpose Of interesting students OF Bar
Darc and TIE Teachers College in club work and
VIII be followed ny meeting for Informal discus
sion 10 he held al Whittier Hall OF the afternoon
q February 8. Miss Virginia Potter president Of
the association. presided. ana other speakers were
Miss Grace - Dodge. Miss Jean Hamilton and
Mrs.. Henry Dl.eSnelre~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-24
p. r. r. FRANCHISE FIGHT.
No Decision Reached by Rapid
Transit Commission.

The committee on contracts OF the Rapid Transit
Commission resumed its conference with the rep
resentatives OF the Pennsylvania Railroad yester-
day and spent three hours IN discussion OF
-archise for the Connecting Railroad. All the talk
revolved around the provisions prepared by Il P.
Nichols Of the franchise bureau Of the finance de-
partment. by which the company would be obliged
TO pay &500o0 in cash, a bonus. within thirty
DAYS after the signing OF the franchise. $4,000
year for ten years and 100000 a year for fifteen
years as remuneration TO the city for the privilege
OF operating the road. the payments for each sue
ceeding period or twenty-five years to be read justed
by a committee Of freehoders.
Edward VI. Shepard, who accompanied Samuel
Rear vice-p-esident Of the Pennsylvania 20 the
conference, argued against the provisions IN the
prepared contract at great length Mr.. Rea nodded
assent TO what Mr. Shepard said.
About p N. Mr.. Rea and Mr. Shepard withdrew
10 anteroom while the committed consisting OF
Alexander z orr, John II. Starin. Charles Stewart
Smith and Controller Metz had a further con
ference with Mr. Nichols and George L. Rives M
Shepard tired Of waiting and went away, and about
p. m. Mr.. Rea was told that the committee could
not reach decision before tomorrow afternoon.
when there would be another conference
We irving TO ascertain what are the raf-
company" Nh orr said later. When we reach q
conclusion we shall satisfy our own cOnsciences, no
matter what happens afterWard."
Borough President Coler OF Brooklyn said YES
terday that, a member Of the Board OF Estimate
and AppOruonmeut, he would insist q provision
IN the contract for the Connecting Railroad fran
chise would protect the city in future from IN
just discrimination IN freight rates for all freight
carried over the road. tt looks. therefore as II
mate over the franchise no matter what decision is
reached by the Rapid Transit Commission.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-24
FOR LONG BEACH CITY PARK.
Bill Being Prepared to Grant Taking of
Eight Mile Waterfront

Mayor Mcclellan said yesterday that a special
bill was being prepared 70 facilitate the pur-
chase and lease by the city Of eight miles Of
beach front at Long Beach east Of Rockaway.
for e city park.
The work" said the Mayor lis largely IN
charge % DIT. Brannan. president Of the trustees
OF the Bellevue and Allied Hospitals I under
stand that the Long Beach property win cost,
with the buildings already on IL, about s. 900
600. This win provide for the purchase Of about
four miles OF waterfront. Another stretch OF
four miles can he leased a long term some
thing like $50 900 a year"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-24
GLEANINGS.

TIE Princess Of Wales hGs rebeIled against The
Tyranny o. Crsssmakers. and row draws the line
po-Ie-less gowns When ordering her dresses
co. her Indian tour her royal riEnness insisted
that Iuey shoald all have pockets, not pockets Ir-
der the benz y -he uuderskirt IN some other in
accessible place. bur pockets where she c0uId set
them Ut-L0Ur Going an acrObstic stunt
Mothers often forget That short skirts a-e mt
sufficient protection little girl no natter how
numerous they may be-. Cloth knic kerbockers and
suitable underwear should be relied GB0u F1r
warmth. and me skirts should he light and little
bu-deEsJrle as possible
1TIle Te-le Butte-lr recently gained diploma
- engineering from Lausanne University. being
graduated SIKH ID her class
GUY Dlm5 Friends League o. London row sup
ports thirry-eight subulauces for horses which
have been assigned 20 different districts. covering
q large portion OF the city building has been
secured for -he .onE-tElAed-of animals. hospital
and vii be opened 70 the public az soon as sufi-
ciert maintenance fund has been secured hy the
manager
II siud' lIE -lo Iart or Cordel.- ia "ki-g Lear.
SIS ellen Terry Is said 10 have consulted nearly
Two hundred books Of history, costume and
toms likely 20 be useful TO Aer IL making TIE part
IeG4asEs