davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New-York tribune., 1907-09-29
Now HIS METHODS mUST CHANGE
lALso=BI EFFORT MAKING TOWARD
g N THAr END E- E-s@zzz- u

whom? They were filed by farm boys VINO
We're graduated to take the highest places II. az
the professions, the legislative halls ana on
gress. Farmer boys became the rich mefciailtS
of all Northern cities. and sailed tie siiFo
that made the merchants rich and the clties
great. Abundance of iaborers and cheaphesS oL
labor didn't keep the boy on the farm.
And the boy who didn't feel above farTning
saw no reason for staying on the farm where
he was born. The child of colonists, why shoud
he not be a coonist? The fathers crossed the
ocean; the sons continued the western naFci
No one can name the time when the movement
began nor a moment that II was not IN pIoS-
resS Even in days when the farmers couIu hilo
enough labor to plant and gather thelr crops
there never was q surplus of labor men tho
Grand Trunk Railroad was built through Maine
half a century ago the laborers were all Irlsh-
men, brought TO this country Tor the purpose
At an earlier day the drafts made by the rap
idly increasing factories were noticeable IN every
farm neighborhoOd Here was the oppprtuIlilS
for the humble families on the back roads Inc
mills" gave living salaries the year round, ana
as a distinct class they disappeared. Thus tiie
only natural class distinction existing in the ola
free states came to end the levelling process
in this case was certainly upward and Is not 10
he rcgretted-but farm labor became more
scarce and high priced. a few years ago as |
drove over some once familiar New England
roads the ruins Of Old shanties were all thaI
was left 1 wondered if the city bOarders at the
nearby hotel have them listed deserted
Farmers with whom 7 talked told me that
labor was outrageously high; they didn't know
New-York tribune., 1907-09-29
GRAY WOODS POPULAR NOW.

What are known as gray" woods are the fash
fonable rage I'm fine floors at present This gray
tone is a peculiar soft hue found in few woods
It appears in light graysh-Ereen Cuban varieties
of T. hard wood whose shaded streakS OF gree"
make il extremely ornamental. especially IN ma
1ae,1a one Of the favorfte decorative hard woods
Of Cuba and in Italian walnut whose coioring is
peculiarly toned in fashionable tint which
forms sa admirable background for handsome
rugs and household decorations
costly as are fine parGuetry floors. fashions vary
in these just as they DO in much more trivial
articles. Just years ago the cube decoration
was in vogue This gave an uneven appearance TO
the surface of 4 floor. and sometimes the pattern
was so strongly marked in different colors and
shades of wood that one felt as though walking
lp0n upr ght edges of cubes. The fancy for eaboT-
ate parquetry Of such odd surface effects was pro-
rouIlCed for a long period Sometimes. out Of con
uerfIaVs for the feelings OF guests who
had Gined and wined too well, persons would have
wide borders Of ornate parquetry and palmer
smooth effects in the centre Of room. This plan
also recommended itself 10 those aware that a
floor built not half expensive as one IN
New-York tribune., 1907-09-29
VOGUE OF OLD FRENCH DESIGNS.

Repetitions of old French designs have as great
n vogue for certain types OF rooms as have copies
of old English floor patterns. Henry Walters, OF
Baltimore. for instance. has just had a series or
four period" floors put into his picture gallery in
that city. These represent the Louis XIV, Louis
XVI Henry II and Gothic STYLES OF floors In color
and pattern these floors form interesting illustra-
tions OF artistic development but the wood is inner
OF texture and finish than that employed in the
early days.
Several floors in the Fontalnebleau pattern have
inGton. and among those with a fondness for these
floors may be mentioned J. Pierpont Morgan, w
X. Vanderbilt. Andrew Carnegie. William Rocke,
feler, Samuel Untermyer. James Stillman-indeed
a large number Of we'll known men, who have. OF
late taken deep interest in the artistic develop
nent OF the floor
Dining rooms libraries and halls usually
waInscoted IN English style and hoored with rich
dark woods and patterns TO harmonic with Eng
lish effects in interior decoration. A few OF the
interested in this method OF carrying out
period architecture with floors OF harmonious
style typify those who have taken part in this
recent revolution in flooring. Among them are
Bishop Scarborough, Thomas a: Edison. S:uyvesant
Fish, Mrs. c. 2 Huntington, Henry O. Havemyer,
Mrs. Astor II. O. Armour. Adolph LewisOhn, Jacob
Schin. Joseph H Choate, Elihu Root. George J.
Gould, Z. II Hartman and others who have re-
volted against the old-fashoned method Of tearing
oil I'm aJ-ar- ring
New-York tribune., 1907-09-29
EVARTS A GREAT WAC.

The Hon. William NJ Evarts, Secretary Of stats
during President Hayes's administration. cele-
brated not only as statesman and lawyer. but
also 4 great wit
On one occasion he was at large stag dinner
given by Edward Potter In New York. The five
Potter brothers were among the numerous dinner
guests.
Toward the end OF the dinner Mr. Evarts vas
called on for a speech to which he responded
'-As look around this table. I am reminded o:
story of young Presbyterian divine. recently L.
censed to preach. who was holding his first SER
vice.
In leading the first prayer the nervous young
clergyman began:
We thank thee. oh. Lord He stopped. cleared
his throat and then went
We thank thee. oh. Lord
Again he paused and then in desperation said:
We thank Thee, oh Lord. that Thou ait ths
Clay and the PotterS. -
The guests We're Convulsed, and his speech was
instantaneous hit, although none but Mr. Evarts
would have dared do il.
on OF his trips abroad Mr.. ESvarts landed az
Liverpool The steamer proceeding slowly up
the river to the wharf. and SIr. Evarts stand
ing on deck. looking meditativey at the muddy
waters of the Mersey.
Suddenly he turned to his companion. and with
quizzical gleam in his eye said:
Evidently the quality OF Mercy tS ncs
strained Washington Post
New-York tribune., 1907-09-29

which being sold added to the tremendous COM
petition against the Eastern farmers whom the
grants We're designed to benefit, and whom they
have benefited more than words say. Lands
were bought from the Indians and thrown on
a cheap market, and when the end was reached
of Uncle Sans ability 10 provide lands plans
were perfected to turn the deserts into pro1uc-
tive farms. The competition with free OF nearly
free rich lands. thousand acre wheat and corn
fields and free ranges for millions of cattle and
sheep placed Eastern farming in a position
such would have utterly crushed any other
industry in the world That Eastern agriculturs
has not been crushed or nearly crushed is the
highest testimony to the men who somewhat
guide farm opinion.
All these great changes have altered farm
lutely necessary that the Eastern farmers
change their methods. In the main they have
met and are meeting the emergency splendidIy.
but there are always some in every line OF busi-
ness who find il difficult turn themselves
around quickly. Such will suffer for a time
but the business will not suffer. I have talked
With Soma of tha host farmers in rearIyr az-a-y,
state of the East and Middle West, but from
these men I have never heard really de-
spondent note The educated. wide awake
farmer is prospering and says
There is TO be a new farming in the East.
machinery Is more and more TO take the place
Of hand labor: sheep and cattle and hogs are
10 be raised on the old wheat fields in the back
counties: dairy cows will be kept where access
TO the cities and towns is convenient; products
of the farm will be sold reduced 20 the smallest
possible bulk. and the fertility taken from the
land will be largely returned to il. Above all,
the tens of thousands Of hillside acres which
never ought TO have been cleared from which
the thin soil has been washed into the valleys
will be reforested and made more valuable than
ever. and the boy who was born to be a master
mechanic. a great lawyer or an honest states
man will not be bound to the farm by cable
OF ignorance Of everything earth and IN the
heavens above the earth except those things
relating 10 the farm He will not be a farmer
by co-npusion. somewhat Ike the Dutchn1au's q
dog, which was believed 20 be a good coon
hunter solely because he was good for nothing
else on earth.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-29

of the world, will be the guests of the Diocese
of Virginia during the convention. For the CON
Notwithstanding of these notable men L. ii.
Mayo, of Richmond, lay member of the con-
Vention, has offered 10 Bishop Gibson, of Nir-
ginia, his fine house, which will be used as a
sort Of bishops club throughout the three weeks
of the session. several men of worldwide note
being entertained there and taking their meals
at the jefferson Hotel. just opposite, where the
headquarters Of the officers OF the convention
will be established.
There is a peculiar appropriateness in the
coming of the Bishop of London to the conven-
ton and TO a convention held on virginia soii,
the Colonial Church in the Old Dominion.
from the founding of the colony in 1901 to the
opening of the Revolutionary war, was under
the Immediate jurisdiction of the Bishop of
London. being managed by especially appointed
delegates sent out by him. This is said be
the first time the Bishop of London has ever
come 10 America in his official capacity. Ger
tainly one never visited the colony in the hun
dred and seventy years in which it was part of
his jurisdiction. In all that time no confrma-
tions We're held because Of the dearth of
bishop. George Washington and many others
who sat as .vestrymen in colonial churches were
for this reason never confirmed.
Another English bishop of almost equal dis
tinction who will be present at the convention
is the Right Rev. DIR. Edgar Jacob Bishop of
ST. Adams, whose episcopal residence is In West
London. AS the official delegate representing
the episcopacy in the province of Canada and
bearing the greetings of the Canadian Church
will be the Right Rev. Dr.. John Philip Du Mou
lin Bishop of Niagara Representing the An
gcan communion of the West Indies and South
Archbishop of the West Indies, whose episcopal
residence is at Kingston Jamaica. Another
visitor of note. who has been invited to make
Of the popular addresses the subject of
missions and who will bring to the convention
a special message from the Archbishop of Can
terbury the Primate OF England, will be Bishop
II. II. Montgomery, formerly missionary Bishop
of Tasmania, and now secretary of the Society
for the Propagation of the Gospel, the most
ancient missionary organization in England
The senior Bishop of the American Church the
Right Rev. DR. Daniel S Tuttle. Bishop of Mis-
souri,, and Presiding Bishop OF the Church, will
also be the guest Of the diocese of Virginia.
Bishop Gibson. of Virginia, has arranged that
the Bishop Of London. with his two assistants
the Rev. Mr.. Christopher and the ReY. Mr.. San>
New-York tribune., 1907-09-29
PLENTY OF LABOR THEN.

There was no scarcity OF labor but the boy
didn't stay on the farm Hard work didn't
drive him off. but something did. That some
thing was the that had made his ances-
tors IN turn leave Europe, leave the seacoast
settlement some OF each generation forsakine
the hive and seeking honey in new Wilderness
They were Americans even then-perhaps more
so than those of our day: think sometimes that
the distinguishing characteristics which we call
American existed in the early immigrant.
Yrorn Europe before they embarked. There has
peen good deal Of nonsense talked and written
ABOUT the motives that led the fathers from
t1elr native soil; whatever they were they We're
more or less based on that wholesome dissatis-
lactson which creates a desire for somethins, Q,
oettef That is the American spirit to-day
Coiseeez were founded at an early day-for
New-York tribune., 1907-09-29
Keeping Step Costs a Lot
of Money-Gsray Woods
the Fad Now.
By VI. W. Mount.

A floor was formerly supposed 10 serve merely
as an article of use. Its decorative qualities until
recent years have been furnished by carpets ana
rugs When a perception of the decorative pos
sbilities OF floors first dawned upon Americans
various fads in rug designs. sizes and coiors swept
the country. \ the artistic sense has developed
in the domain of housefurnisng the floor has been
taken more into Its relations 10 the walls
and furniture Of the room, to its architecture ana
size have all been defined. a floor is now planned
as a distinct decoration itself TO serve most
effectively in setting off the beauty Of handsome
rugs The growing custom Of wainscoting rooms
too has greatly Influenced the quality OF floors to
harmonic with such wainscoting. Our New Eng
land ancestors would have been horror-stricken at
the sight of this extravagant generation tripping
over floors Of white red mahogany. teakwood
and even more costly products of the forests Of
Asia Africa and islands Of the South Pacific Ocean
and caribbean Sea.
A good hoard floor that could be scrubbed 70
snowy Wilderness handsomely red up with
New-York tribune., 1907-09-29
BIG DEMAND FOR TEAK.

Just at present the popular demand in fine floor
ing is for teakwood, which is fine and hard as to
grain makes beautiful floor and lends Itself ad-
r,irabIv TO the revival of early English broad
planked floors. These floors have dark, thin strip
of wood inserted between the planks to initiate the
ancient joints IL old floors The dovetaiiing Is also
effectively initiated and plugs OF dark wood are
inserted to correspond with the pegs which were
put the practical use. in England, OF Fastening
down the pIauks.
one reason for the use of darker woods for floors,
and for adopting early English broad planks ana
pegs is the general adaptation Of old English de-
signs in architecture
English styles taking the place or French IT
nearly all rooms because English styles are
thought 70 be much llvable and practical
than French. The latter fashions in house decora-
tions are giddy and frivolous In effect for or
dinary everyday use, many think
English designs in wainsCotng and beamlng are
coming iruD wide use, and the demand now is for
floors 10 correspond with the woodwork In houses
Never has woodwork been Of so rich q quality. and
never have floors been costly or as beautiful
from the artistic standpoint
IL may be said that America SPENDS more Tor
floors than does any other nation. The average
prtce for good floor is from 20 cents to 81 square
foot. with occasional floors at s. a foot This
New-York tribune., 1907-09-29
Many Distinguished Men
to Gather in Virginia
This Week.

Richmond, Va, Sept. % (SpeciaD.-The trien-
NAL convention of the Protestant Episcopal
Church in America, which assemblies in this city
on October . will bring together Of the most
notable bodies of men who have ever assembled
in Richmond and this notwithstanding the fact
that Richmond has been a convention city since
Colonial days.
In the House of Bishops. whose sessions will
be held in the state Capitol will be about
hundred of the bishops Of the Church. many Of
whom are notable throughout the country as
churchmen and theologians and some of whom
have regulations abroad as preachers or au-
thors AS a corresponding member of the House
of Bishops will sit the special representative of
the English Church the Right Rev. DR.. A. f.
Winnington-Ingrana Bishop of London, who viii
be in Richmond throughout the convention
There will also be in attendance on the sessions
of the House of Bishops missionary bishops to
all the heather lands in which the Episcopal
Church maintains mission stations
The House of Delegates, six hundred strong
composed OF four clergymen and four laymen
from each diocese. will hold its sessions in St
Paurs Church. which has been specially ar
ranged for the gathering. a great platform has
been erected in front OF the chanceI for the use
Of the presiding officers and the secretaries.
The basement of the church has been rear
ranged into committee rooms and lobbies. with
a number OF telephones and telegraph offices
and waiting rooms and other conveniences for
the transaction OF business.
The sessions of the convention will be for
maliy opened with n conservation service on the
morning of October in Holy Trinity Church,
TO which service admission will be by card only
six bishops. represeptips the Episcopal bodies
New-York tribune., 1907-09-29
Penick Kinsolv1ng. Brown. Funsten. Gravars

Penick. Kinsolvtng, Brown, Funsten. Gravan
and Beckwith.
Not only has the State Capitol sfSnihcarcs
because OF the founding of the Church IN VII
pose. but because regular services were held fcr
q generation thereafter on alternate Sundays N
the building IN the Capitol square IN the oio
hall of the House of Delegates, used as a u1u-
more than twenty years. Parson Buchanan. tns
rector of old ST. Johns Church. and Parson
Blair. pastor of the Presbyterian church TOOK
turns alternate Sundays. holding services.
the congregation from Sunday TO Sunday oelils
practically the same on Christmas. Easter
and Whitsuntide three times a year. the con-
gregation made journey over to ST. Jonns
Church for services. as the Capitol. being an uI-
COnSecrated building, could not be uSeu lVf
communion and confirmation services iio
friendship between Parson Buchanan ana Far
son Blair lasted throughout their nfetimes IN
the revival following the burning OF the Ricn,
mond Theatre Monumental Church was erected
on the burned site, and shortly thereafter tno
old Presbyterian church was built on the pioSA
now occupied by the City Hail.
Among the laymen who will attend the con-
vention will be J. Pierpont Morgan who has se-
cured the Rutherford house. IN which he VIII en-
tertain throughout the convention. Three gem
erals of the army Will also be in attendaice'
two having won their titles in the Union ranks
the other having served with the ConfsGeracy.
The first two are General E. s. Bragg. of Fona
Du Lac Wis, and General John Nj. Brown, ot
Portland. Me. and the third is General w =.
Grai9hiil. of Charlestown. W. Va Ano.hsE
man who will attract attention while In Reh-
son. now a member from Alabama OF the HOUSE
of Representatives. and formerly OF tno
United States Navy. Other laymen are Ur.
Thomas Nelson Page the author. Robert res
Paine. of Boston: Henry e Pierrepont, os
Brooklyn; Joseph Packard. OF Baltimore -
HnnnaReUA
New-York tribune., 1907-09-29
A GRADUAL CHANGE.

There are no better agricultural experiment
stations in all the land than those at Geneva
and Cornell Their bulletins are sent 10 all who
e,ssn them. The institute lecture corps as or
ganized by Mr. Daxley, consists Of the foremost
practical and scientific farmers in the state. and
they come within reach OF nearly all, If not all,
OF the farmers Of the state.
In what ] have written have tried to repre-
sent only the feelings and opinions Of the more
Intelligent farmers Of New York, who. in their
educational work Of various sorts are thrown in
contact with farmers Of every part Of the state.
They desirOus Of aiding IN every effort made
for the advancement Of a cause to which a large
part OF their lives has been devoted; but they
want to be sure that there viii be no false start
They have seen many, many apparently hopeful
efforts come 10 naught
1t is a serious mistake. l think, to treat the
present condition Of farmers in the Eastern
! states as something which has suddenly come
about or as the result of recent and sudden
changes IN the charactei or temperament OF me
agricultural population. To me IL seems that
from the first settlement Of our Eastern coast
towns there has been a regular procession OF
events with no violent interruptions changes.
and that in q general way steady Improvement
has marked the course of the years in country
and in city. There has been no decadence
The school histories In which most of US
learned of the settlement OF the colonies. left a
part Of the stories untold. Colonial records give
the names only of the leaders. There was
nothing say of the vastly greater number of
followers who came in the ships first landing
and crowded the vessels that came later. From
she first there was master class and a servant
class in every colony, distinctly separate
they had been in the Old Country, and this dis
tinction. without the name. continued until re
cent times. In Pennsylvania. in New York and
in the New England States for every prosperous
looking farmhouse there used TO be a back
road half q dozen small houses. each with a gar
Gen patch and swarm of children. Those liv
ing n them looked 10 the farmers for nearly all
their support. Labor was not scarce in those
Gays. The farmer employed some of these per
sons nearly every day in the year. and could
Summon at any tirle fun supply for the hay
and grain harvest Their fathers and grand
fathers had worked the same farms; and but
Tor the changes which some of us deplore this
peasant class would still be living the pine
plains and the rocky hillsdes and there would
be no scarcity OF labor When read Of those
good old days 10 mention is made of these fam
flies. greatly IN the majority. They were not
accidents They Were class as ignorant as
the school laws permitted-rugged, strong and
New-York tribune., 1907-09-29
MANY SOCIAL FEATURES.

The social features OF the great gathering will
be of interest. number of entertainments hav-
ing already been proposed for the noted visitors
as well as for the bishops and members of the
convention generally. One of the most pleasant
Of these features will be the daily luncheons
at the Masonic Temple for the House of Bish-
ops, the clerical and lay delegates, the secre-
taries and others connected with the convention.
On the evening Of October /. the night before
the convention opens. Bishop Gibson will give a
reception in honor of the Bishop of London.
All the bishops in attendance on the convention,
as well as other visitors. viii be present The
Bishop of London; in company with the other
English bishops. will be met in Washington by
Bishop Gibson, Dean Crawford Of the theologi-
cal seminary. and other Vrginians The party
Will visit the theological seminary at Alexan
dria the morning of September 30, proceed
ing that afternoon 10 Charlottesville where the
Bishop of London will address the students Of
the University OF Virginia. This change in the
announced programme has been specially
ranged by Bishop Gibson because of the repu-
tation of the Bishop of London a speaker to
young men. to whom he to be peculiarly
attractive. Following aha &Qee0n4 ak Chax-
New-York tribune., 1907-09-29

,rf5,,e+ ar7realed to their Of tire fitness on
things in doors Such floor cost drSn Gn arent egT
nanny unless they can glide over Warmly @ rus,
tro1Is surface of goden-hrown tiger w9oo Rn4mr 5.
&C NO niger eve because one seems 10 see utep
j5+ The 5iCi color of its grain into the flaming
eve of a tiger. or perhaps fancy leShS a. s trt"e
15+,et and most extraVagaUt Of all 1adS IN moor
italian walnut-the grain of which IS exguisreiTi gfasi
ci0ca and hard and whose color is that Wonderlul
blend of pale brown and Uouse-gray' "icn IS rS
most beautiful in tint and which takes on a SOFT
I'Istro,s noIish Block square basket, prirna vera
iarri~Chone and Fontainebleau effects are WORKED
out I'm this costly wood, a single moor q! MhlEiI s
I'm l. 81
New-York tribune., 1907-09-29

brings the price of a parquetry floor up pretty high
One Of the VanderbiIts has just had floor OF
Italian walnut laid at cost of 81 800 whole anofher
American of wealth has paid 5000 Tor a single
floor Of the same fashionable wood.
While the quality of the wood is p factor IN
determining the cost of a floor the principal source
of expense is the design. Some parquetry designs
are much more costly than others One reason why
the .herrngbone'' pattern is so popular s because
that design costs less than others-notably than
copies the floors Of FOuntainebeau, which are
built in a variety of styles, showing squares and
ha diasrNnallY q fiOOr.