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Especial Correspondence
Samuel ID. Warren. who for many
years has been president OF the board
OF trustees of the Museum OF Fine Arts,
has definitely decided TO resign in jan
uary, when his place will be filled by
Gardiner NJ. Lane, a member OF the
banking firm Of Lee, Higginson & Co.
Mr.. Lane was elected a member of the
board over year ago.
The election Of Mr.. Lane to the pres
ldency OF the board at this time Is Of
great importance to the museum, AS II
is TO begin the erection OF its new
building on the Fens and Huntington
avenue, very soon The work which
this will involve in many ways will
require the cool, foreseeing kind Of bus
mess head which Mr.. Lane undoubted-
ly possesses. He will be the moving
spirit In that great undertaking. which
will involve the expenditure of several
millions of dollars and the constant
oversight of the president OF the board
OF trustees.
Do they check babies in Boston?
Well. rather. ASK the youth who tends
the wOmcns boOtbiack corner in one
Of the terminal stations lie knows.
See those nice little cots over there?
That's what he delighted mothers
eye falls on the first thing.
Down goes the baby, up goes the wo-
man To get her shine. After that ii is
easy-or, rather, the young man IS
They wouldn't have dared ask his
stern-cyed female predecessor TO mind
baby, he says to himself with grOan,
after the first few moments Of the
mothers shopping excursion
What does he know about pins and
tight clothing. and about hOrrid scream
lngs for a lost bottle?
How should ne be expected 10 know?
he inquiries angrily of himself, as he
shakes baby No. ! up and down most
numerically, while making awful
faces at baby No. 2, down whose throat
a pair of bonnet strings are rapidly
disappearing.
A story OF the nerve Of one Of the
passengers on the New York express
which was wrecked out near AllstOn the
other night came to light when Engi-
neer Fay. who was at the throttle OF
the second engine on the train was
talking with a few friends about the
wreck The first shock of the wreck
was hardly over when | was ON the
ground beside my engine, looking 1t
over Before | had time to take more
than a CursOry glance at the drivers
and the running gear. however, | felt a
hand clappcd ON my shoulder Turn
ing, | saw we'll dressed man carrying
suitcase standing before me smil-
ing Ills hat was dentcd in and his
face triilc bloody whore he had been
slightly scratched by a piece Of brok-
en- glass. AS | turned To him he held
out his hand and said Old man ] want
to shake hands with you. You made
good run and bully stop. Here, have
a smoke and he handed me Il cigar.
looked over the wreck and then left"
At the regularly quarterly meeting
OF the Public Institutions conference
held in the Mayors Office recently, Pc
nal Institutions Commissioner Martin
reported that on Sept. 26, time of the
last meeting. the prisoners At Deer ISL
and numbered S44 men and l7O women,
total of lOl4; at present there are Si2
men and l2S women, making total
nf ~ A A.
compared with the year 1905 at this
time, there are 90 less men and 56 less
women, showing a decrease this year OF
14S. The financial condition of the de-
partment was reported excellent and
the institution able TO live within its
appropriation
For the institutions department. Mr..
Martin reported sol inmates at the
Long Island institution, 2S9 in the hos
pital department and 5l2 in the aims
house department. showing decrease
of 81 compared with the same period
last year
Al the ChaTlcstown Almshouse there
are ~ men and Il women. total OF
l20, and an increase of rs over the year
lSOb, at THIS time. The condition Of the
hospital at Long Island and ut the
Charlestown Almshouse were reported
as good. If not bettei than for some
time.
What makes everyone so flush to-
day. was the question that puzzled
Boston street car conductors the day
after Christmas. Conductors grown
gray in the service declared they could
remember no day in their experience
when more large bills were rendered
In payment OF farcs-and this the day
after Christmas
Five dollar bills. tens, twos and ones
seemed TO be fully rs plentiful "a
nickels. Said one nickel-snatcher on
Dudley street car:
ITS certainly the limit where all
this money comes from. On my first