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she should7 Her management OF 1T in this re-
spect has also been criticised She ought 70 get
more from it. her critics have said. The two
and three story tenement houses standing on
her land have been snails in the path of prog
ress. depreciating the value of the surrounding
property. These buildings. according to the
assessment lists. range in value from 5000 to
town. and to-day is Of a different character
from other parts OF New York City. The houses
originally built homes of well-to-do
people on land which they leased long term
leases from Trinity. Fashionable society many
years ago began TO move away from this quar-
ter, and Trinity gave the neighbOrhOOd an adj
ditional push down hill by selling St. John 5
Central Railroad for site for freight station.
As the section deteriOrate6 the houses were re-
modelled into small tenement houses. In the ma
jority of cases Trinity does not the houses
and is not responsible for their condition They
are said frequently TO be in bad condition be-
by the' terms of the leases the owner
ship Of the buildings passes out Of the hands
of the present owners. The owners do not wish
to spend money repairing buildings for the
benefit Of some one else.
Commissioner Butler Of the Tenement House
Department, who was born in the Greenwich
district. said the other DAY that he believed
Trinity would secure more from her holdings
by leasing the land than she would by improving
il herself, corporations never can do so we'll
individuals In that direction. Her policy
apparently is good for herself but bad for the
development of the neighborhood So far as
can he discovered, there is one modern building
on her land. In 1886 she owned the parcel
fronting City Hall Square which stands the
Postal Telegraph Building. II is known that
of the site. The amount is said TO be $4,000 a
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lagos from the government for the companies
pl0ying him. This report did not reach me through
definitely made 10 me- just as | was leaving the
city by the retiring first secretary of the American
Legation who presumably knew WHEREOF ne
smoke The missionary in question is now in Amer
lea on furlough. so ! could secure his side OF
the story. The charge has been repeated TO me At
half dozen times in different parts or Nina
that it is generally known ana geheraiIS re-
Reverting to the splendid equipment of tho
Methodist mission at Pcking, II has been note
worthy that ryVhere have gone have round
the Methodist stations possessing the best plants
Their work and their workers are better cared Tor
than those of any other mission so iar as nave
observed
In contrast with the Methodists, the Presby-
terans often under-man and under-equip thelr mis-
sions They seem To be spread out TOO thin Good
management would seem to advise Fewer stations
stronger For instance. the Presbyterian hos
pital at PeEiuC is closed. because II was made de-
pendent upon one man. and when ne tel sick the
work stopped. Similarly, the presbyterian SEM
mary which went into the union or North China
educational institutions must have made the Pres
byterian workers blush for the madequacy or their
contribution this great enterprise. One man,
d. Courtenav II. Fem. who still wins praise for
the display Of the same qualities which earned
him fame the miller of the Peking siege" IS
bearing two mems load In trying 10 make UP for
the shortcomings of his denomination in the matter
OF the seminary.
In appraisng relative methods l should say that
the COngreEationaltSts on par with the Pres
byterians, little better. The Protestant Epls-
Copal Church deserves only praise for the thor
oughness and efficiency of Its work Wherever
competent and sometimes brilliant men and q
defniteness and grasp of. conditions altogether
cOmmendable
THE Southern Methodist missions likewise lea We
a decidedly good impression upon observer 3
mind. The Baptist work in China has been good
wherever | have seen II. At every point the RO-
Protestant. and their orphanages conspicuously
useful
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SUCCESS IN LECTURE FIELD.

No more popular lecturer has come TO this cOun-
try Than Dr.. Watson His hrst tour in 1886.
and Major J. 3 Pond who managed il said that,
with the single exception Of Stanley. he received
more money than any other lecturer for like
period. IN Two months and half Dr. Watson
had ninety-six as large audiences OF men and
women could he crowded into the largest pub
lie halls the principal cities OF the United States
and Canada These great multitudes. with bated
breath and outstretched necks, sat and listened 70
him with interminsled laughter and tears, hks
sunshine making the rain radiant"
Major Pond relates this incident az of DR..
Watson's lectures: He amused his audience by
telling OF letter he had received. asking whether
the first name OF his pseudonyme was pronouncet
IAN Eean, Van, You. Yane. John Jan or Jane. In
answer 10 this question, said DIT Watson. would
say THAI if you want 70 pronounce il like an Eng
lishman You will say Ian; II Ike Scotchman.
Ee-an and II like a Highlander, Econ 80
This personal touch OF the lecturer IS given by
his manager: "One must entertain and house Dr..
Watson under ones roof 10 know what buoyant.
soul reviving, happy spirit he possesses He was
in excellent humor and entertained US all day long
with whimsical descriptions OF cranks who VISIT
hiu-crank preachers from foreign lands who get /;
their living by appeals in all directions for collsc-
tous and opportunities TO preach 1t was cerraInIs
the NEST remarkable. nimitabe and side-splitttns
facial display OF seriO-comic genius I OF
heard What actor he would have made"
OF his method OF composition DR.. Watson said
in regard TO his shOrt stories ~
months before l put pen 10 pager Il took a
prodgious amount OF mental labor before even
had a story formed in my head Then blocked
it out sitting. Then the thing was pue
aside while ! went over and in my mind each
detaiI-each line Of dialogue. each couch OF de-
scription-deter erminiug on the proper place. atti-
tude share. color and quality OF each Bit that
the whole might in the end be unit. not a bundle
Of parts. BY and by came the actual writing. with
the revision and its correction which accompanies
and follows The actual composition OF The
Bonnie Brier Bush stories occupied fifteen nlonths-
They were the more difficult. because in every
the character IS revealed in dialogue exclusively.
One of the admirers of the who has added
much 10 the pleasure OF living for many
readers by his depletion OF the honeiy virtues.
quaint humor and nrrOspective lives OF the Scotch
Highlanders expresses his appreciation thus; Tan
Maclaren Cleaned in the kailyard cabbage patch
the home garden of the Scottish croft. but he also
cleaned in The garden OF the heart and culled the
everlasting flowers Of remembrance fresh with tho
dew of hope and showing forth the glory OF the
light eternal immortal and that fadeth not away
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PRAISE AND BLAME FOR PEKING MISSIONS
Chinese School Girls Who Can
Give Points to Their
Government.
By william I. Ellis.

Copyright, 1907. by Joseph p Bowles)
The missions at Peking often pointed out as
models And with reason. The workers are OF a
higher grade than ordinary and they maintain
pleasant social relations with the legation people
and with the few ether Europeans in the capital.
They are on friendly terms with eminent Chinese.
Their work is substantially planted and housed in
fine quarters. They display degree OF denomina-
tionaI comfy far I'm advance of what is generally
10 be found in America. At least prosperous
native church exists. and medical and educational
service is rendered TO the community which COM
GUS grounds for criticism. also. and these will be
mentioned later.
The American missions in Peking are the North
Methodists. the Congregationalists and the
Presbyterians. The London Mission and the
French Roman Catholics represent the continent
OF Europe. Near Peking and TO be considered In
this general group the Congregational Mission
at Tung Chow, and the Presbyterian. Congrega-
uonal and China Inland Mission at Pao-Ting-fu.
both OF which cities were centres OF the Boxer
outrages
The most notable feature OF mission work there
aoouts is the union educational plan. in which ALI
the missions are united Thus the Congregational-
ae's put into the scheme the fine new college for
men al Iung Chow and the college Tor young
women at Peking, the Presbyterians the theo-
iogica seminary. and the London Mission the
great medical college and hospital at PeI1ne The
AAethoolsts unite only in the medical college Each
denomination has representatives on the faculty
OF al these institutions and they are Jointly man
aged Each mission maintains its own primary or
schOOls before
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" Ian MACLAREN."
Scotch Humor and Philosophy Set
Forth by the Late DR.. John WatsOn.

There is curious synChronism between the kali
yard and cabbage patch developments in the world
Of books. The kailyard Is the exact Scotch eouiva
lent OF cabbage patch. and adapted in ap-
pliCatiOn the so-Called 'kayard school Of liter
ature'' from the OF the term by the late Ian
Maclaren in his first book. quoting on the back
of the dedication TO his wife the words OF the old
Jacobite song, referring TO the white rose:
There grows a bonnie brer bush In our kailyard
And white are the blossoms ont IN kallyard
The phrase was one that stuck. and IL was ap-
piled only TO the works OF the author Of Be
side the Bonnie Brcr Bush" but also 20 those of
MS contemporaries. J. NJ. Barrie and 5 r Crock
ett whose stories Of the humber walks Of Scottish
life speedily gained much popularity DR.. Wat
son said the purpose of his writing ''to show
the rose in places where many persons look for
cabbaEes."
on this side of the ocean soon after the kali
yard books followed Mrs. Wigs of the Cabbage
Patch by Mrs. Alice Hogan Rice, which speedily
proved as popular It's predecessor Both it and
The Bonnie Brier Bush placed the
stage. and the circle of their admirers greatly
increased thereby And now. just the Rev. Dr
John Watson who VIII always be best known in
literature Ian MacIaren. has passed away in
this country. Mrs. Wigs has met with much
success at London theatre.
pr Watson must be considered practically
two distinct personalities. one the preacher and
lecturer. author of religious works and volumes
of sermons, and the other as the popular story
writer and novelist. who played with sure touch
the harp Of human emotions Il ever author
forced into literature he was for he drd.-
Gates his The PoJter's Wheel 10 Dr. Robertson
NlCou W ho constrained me 10 write"
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BRIGHT CHINESE GIRLS

The result is an educational work for the Chi
nese which must evoke the admiration Of every one
who IT, If there room for particulars r
could tell incident after incident illustrate what
ell this means in the awakening of China I
chanced upon ESSAY afternoon" at the woman's
college when the girls were having their weekly
social exercises Now. Chinese girls look stupid:
their expressioness unattractive faces reveal moth
ing. Yet ] heard those girls get up and mako
speeches without five minutes warning upon the
general subject OF reform and progress that would
have Taade the statesmen Of ten years ago call
for the headsman. The girls studying foreign
governments and reading their own newspapers
AID what they had say about the needs OF the
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heart:
- Almighty Father are a Thy puir and sinfu.
BARNS. wha wearied O. harne and gaed ava intae
the far country Forgive us. for didna ken
what leavin' the sair hert gied oor
Father. II weary wark tae live wi Oor sins.
but we wud never hev come back had II no BEEN
for our Elder Brtther. He cam a lang road taA
find US. and travail He had afDre He set u
free. He's been a guide Brither tae US. and we've
been heavy charge Him. May He keep a
firm hand o. and guide in the RIGHT road. and
bring US back gin we wander. and tell Is a We
need know till the gloamin' come. either US In
then we pray Thee and a have. no a bairu
missin', and may sit down forever in ai1S
Fathers house Amen
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Chinese government was pointed and practical as
to take ones breath. This is the sort or thing
that no end OF Manchu reactions can overcome
WHERE MARTYRS WERE MANY.

In Pao-Ting-fu and Tung Chow found remark
ably prosperous churches. That at the latter place
IS seIf-sIpporting and 1t has percentage OF edu-
Gated nrominent citizens far beyond the proper
,on existing in the city at large, thus disproving
the charge that only the lower classes enter the
Church One does not meet in the homeland many
churches showing a more generally vigorous
healthy and active life than this one. Quite a
strore Christian community clusters about IT.
although this region was sorely ravaged by the
Rogers and the allied troops. In this American
Roard compound which is quite a close second 10
tho Methodist compound at Picking in extent and
,,reseveness although different in being situated
outside of city visitor finds. in addition 10 Miss
t,banip 10 whom a medal given by King
t7d5ard for her hospital work in the Peklng siege
- The Rev Or NJ williams, who led the party
80 Intssionarv fugitives from the Boxers one thou
sand miles across Mongolia the veterans " thu
Wrs ID Sheffield, who suggest that tne pest
wav 10 keep young ana happy IS 10 go 10 Inc loi
kkrorn Pao-Ting-fu and Tung Chow itinerating is
done out into the surrounding country as aIso
Trnn, pekina Reverting the capital itself Il
,rord should be spoken concerning the weekly union
servicee for English speaking persons IN the Ion
are Conducted by various missionaries. ana man
aged / believe by the Rev. Dr. W D 3Ine1t' tle
d6noinanf personality of the American Board MIS-
sion here There IS a weekly Church OF hhgianu
service in the British Legation chapel Ihere
are also German and French churches
"tr The army and navy department OF the Interna-
tlonaI Young Mems Christian Association MAINTAINS
an association for the legation guards, put the
general impression seems 10 be that u rather
misses the mark visited It three Times "hen lhe
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"a RAM-STAM IDIOT"

David Patton In writing OF Ian Macla-en at.
Home says OF the authors own views of the peo-1
pie of Drumtochty which Logiealmond. the
Highland village where his work minister be-
gan:
1T delightful 70 hear the minister Scotcr
dialect medium for literary expression. Read
OF Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush will aSresi
with him that the Drumtochty speech is vigorous;
and yet tender and full OF local color and suz-
gestiveness.
'' There are words IN IT, my interiocutor went,
on. which would need whole English sentences to
express. and even then you mightn't get Just tho
right shade OF meaning Take such words an
'dour' OF 'couthie." How you to set them
down in English? Or such an expression All
'daidlin body. the girns never ar yer face"
I can hear a Drumtochty farmer say 10 a carriers
who had knocked his wheel against gate, rWhaurs
are We driving tae, We ram-stam idiOt?' II cones'
down upon you like blow. doesn't tt2 wonder.
by the way what the glossary makes OF rsm-starsa
idiot?
The minister roared when he found the corres,
spending expression in English thoushtles1'
fellow
Just fancy the farmer saying such thinss
The fact is that on such occasions an Englishmao'
has 10 swear if he wants 10 be impressive
Il limited the view that in Drumtochty.'
'Thrums.' Dullarg' and other places OF recent
discovery in Scotland the people seemed 20 some
extent unconscious of their humOT.
Mr.. Watson would not hear of It
IT is true he said. that they don't laugh much,
and that no doubt is why they supposed 70
have no sense OF humor. An EngIshnan when hs
gets hold OF joke goes screaming down the street
with it. \ Scot. on the other hand, il about
in his inside and enjoys il quietly. He is afraid 10
tempt Providence with too much noise
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would fight the smoke, fume and vapor nuisance
10 a finish through the Health Department, but
II would also fight noises, obstruCtiOns. every
thing that might retard the progress of the
island from circumference to centre If the or
ganization with the Board OF Health should be
unsuccessful In bringing the Standard Oil Com
pany and other concerns that We're a menace
10 the island 10 book it was the intention 10
undertake individual prosecutions. No effort
and no avenue of relief would be neglected TO
bring about immunity from nuisances. There
were more than twelve thousand residents di-
rectly concerned If the city could not correct
matters. the federal courts would be appealed to.
Relief was the object, and relief would be Sc
cd
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A DOCTOR OF THE OLD SCHOOL.

One of the principal characters in Beside the
Bonnie Brier Bush" the stories Of which are held
together by a slender thread. is Dr William Mac
Lure
This extract gives n fair sample of the way he
is treated by the author:
friend, Mrs Macfadyen. whose judgment on ser
mons o. anything else was seldom at fault, AN
like US a, an NJ disna tribbie the KIRK often.
He aye can tell what's wrong Wi BODY, and
Fnsom saits for tha inside Ills his wark AM they
say there's no an herb on the hills he disna ken.
II We're tae dee. were tae dee an II were
tae i've: We're tae i've. conclHded E!SpelG WIN WIN
eye keep up a sharp moisture ON the skin.
there's uaethin' wrang." and Mrs. NacIadyens
ventures of which FIilocks held the s6pyright.
Hoppss laGde ate grosarts {sooseoerriesl u! u!
Wud do but they maun hae the doctor an ne
''Weel MacIure had been ava a NIGHT vi
shepherds wife DunIeith wy. and ne comes here
withoot DRAWN bride. mud up tae the cen
an accident is't and When he got an his horse
he cud hardly stand wi. stiffness and tire
he's been eatin over mony berries
IF he didna turn me like tiger
.Weesht. weesht an tried tae quiet him, for
you're here at last; there's hurry with you
SCotchmen NY boy has been sick ali night. and
come . little quicker. that's all I've got 10 say
We've mair dae in Druntochty than attend
tae every BARN that has sair stomach. and a
I'm astonished hear YOU speak Our doctor
at home always says To Mrs Opps. Look on me
as family friend, Mrs. 'Opps, and send for me
though II he only n headache.
four and twenty mile taC look after. There's nae
thin wrang WI yir iaddle but greed Gle him a
guide dose o castor oil and stop his meat for a
dQV, he'll he a rtCnt the morn
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REFORM BILL KILLED.

After The Investigation a bill was introduced
into the Senate providing that all Episcopalians
i'm New York city should be made corporators in
Trinity but that the property of the parish
should remain In her own custody, but It was
killed In the Assembly.
An influential churchmau. when asked a few
DAYS ago II thore much feeling against
Trinity among EpsCopalians to-day there
was In the middle Of the last century. said that
DR. Dlx's diEnifed conduct of affairs had done
much TO allay such feeling. although there was
feeling that the church and the public should
know more Of her affairs.
Does Trinity get as much from her estate as
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American marines were off duty, but never sa"
u soldier about the building.
A MUCH CRITICISED COMPOUND.

All the mission compounds in Peling are impos-
ing but most impressive is that of tho Northern
Nethodist Episcopal Mission, concededly the finest
IN China In addition the large buildings OF the
bo,e, sohooI-or "Peking University. as 1t is
caIIed-and OF the girls school, there are the
bo,,ses OF the missionaries and tho large church.
The entire grounds said to be larger ttltn any
of the extensive legation grounds. on which are
housed not only ministers and attaches but n de-
tachmeut Of legation guards rs Well Their I'M
pressiyeness IS heightened by the parkke arrange
ment Of the attractive gray stone homes OF inc
missionaries ,,- -., l.,
This is the most criticised mission compound In
China l have heard leGatoners, business men
travelling and other missionaries speak Of 1t IN
terms other than praise. Most of these critics. II
Is fair TO add do not know that all except two or
the missionary families living in these attractive
homes have incomes independent OF thelr Salarios.
The compound was enlarged Immediately tfter
the Boxer outbreak. when the Chinese We're in n
state of terror and poverty The ground was
bought at what of the Methodist missionaries
characterized as good Chinese prices. ana the
charge frequently made that the property was
looted" is unfounded Nevertheless. the opinion
seems to prevail among many Chinese ana IofelEn
ers that an unwise advantage was taken OF pecui,II
lar conditions and that the Methodist Church VIII
one day rue it, great bargain" for the Chinese
never forget. The buildings were erected with in
19Fr ~ mn
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When the Staten Island Chamber of Com
merce meets this week its president. W. S Van
Clief. viii call for cooperation with the Anti
Nuisance League in the fight against the blight
ing smoke, vapor and fumes from over the Kill
Won Kull. Mr.. Van Clief said the other day that
alis working together for the good OF the island
was a foregone conclusion It was like nation
Of home-oving people calling upon the able
bodied TO defend the land from the invasion of
an enemy who would show no quarter Other
Staten Island organizations will join in the cru
sade. The Staten Island Club, of which J. G.
Timolat is president. will give hearty support
Mn Ilmolat is one OF the leading members of
the Anti-Nuisance League. The Woman's Club
purposes to urge the on as did the noble
ieuton women in the days when the power of
Rome was resisted by the progenitors OF a great
part Of to-day's human family
This movement for freedom from the nui
sances beyond the Kill Won Kull is receiving the
impetus of years OF grievances The north shore
residents have seen the effects Of the fumes
year IN and year out, but as separate communi-
ues IN former times they could not get together
so they seemed unable to do anything. The lack
OF unity was not surprising as the interests
varied. al least in seeming Things have changed
since consolidation. The interest of the least of
the boroughs of New York City is the concern of
all. and Richmond Borough is not looked upon
as the least When Samuel Holcombe Evins
went recently TO see the Health Department
about the nuisance he found ready support and
there is 10 be ready prosecution, which was
oeIayed last week because of the absence of DR.
Darlington the Health Commissioner, who was
called TO Washington early in the week
Mr. Van Clief. the Chamber of Commerce
president said that the damage done to Staten
Island by the factories in Bayonne was bevond
computation. For many years the north shore
has received the ennanations from the industries
over there. and all public action has been futiIe
The greatest harm was being done from Snug
Haroor 10 New Brighton. but the fumes smoke
and YapOr cover the whole island when the wind
comes from the northwest. What might he the
fairest resort of New York's fresh air lovers is
on such days transformed into the senblance
Of G factory town. Birds go TO cover and front
windows have TO be closed. but the enemy has
II all its way.
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A METHODIST SCANDAL.

In connection with the securing of the land for
this compound occurs the name Of member OF
the Methodist Mission. Concerning him have
heard repeatedly the charge that he has for pay
served as the representative of corporations seek
ing mining and railroad concessions at Pekins.
using his influence as missionary TO secure privi-