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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-10
HARVARD AND YALE.

The Oldest and largest Of college alumni organiza-
ricns is the Harvard Club, which was ROUNDED
forty-tgyo years ago. and now has heihoeis snip
Of . 600 men. In the beginning IL was without
home and met from time 10 time at various resau-
rants or at the homes OF members win the con-
sar1r increase in the membership Of the organiza-
Cll ,1,Sre imperative so that in 1887 it leased
house and furnished II plainly but connI3rt i5
l+t 3,oJIring into New York in such numbers that
IN hardly more Than a oougis o. yeTe ere taken ac-
cordi1giv for a larger home which the elup shoIid
3,saif own with reasonable farsightedness the
I'M nIJrcbased a building in 44th street between
Fifth and Sixth avenues only a ts" sg js,, II bnt
he most fashionable thoroughiare IN me ~, oe
an that time in street which was tor the most
part filed with stables. - -, az, mos er.cted
80 "a 1sq4 The Harvard Club held houseWarmlnS
which %iH r d]S in it, Eight years afterward. be-
cause Of the growth OF ne son; 1 addifioo
~ - Ia a5rb street. which has increased the
eLecita ~, ~ s home six times. The entire prop
80 s,,licb IS a vertable paradise for the hal-bed-
room Jaw clerk who was GRADUATED a. CaaoT ,
49,, forget his foreboding sense Lhat ne IS o. PIac
- -, ea 10 the world as he plays chess or
dominos with some sue sTcb adveTstv himself or
while IN loving game OF squasn on ne ro2 lIo9
with another cGp siaI-'1'S 80 -
worse luck than i,cestrsl rival OF the crimson
80 W. l-l1,i, has had even more rapid grown
Until ten years az errnanent abiding place. Then
association, win 40 ~ ,oi, a house in Madison
D,,a'iis 49,, n grew SO fast that within -FOUR
square. -, - move into a sumptuously ap-
fe5 nom in 4sth street almost oi5 tS 3 5
d. ~ boroe itself after the manner oI me iii
ltS new noii -. I.ose1 il from a corporation made
faro Auo; y,u vnie men who furnished the capital
oacht he land and erected The 9 ,a Harara cuh
1ne Yale club also d neis bachelor apartment
HOUSE OF as eleven doors SIX q ar 20 sI5 week
ii,ing rooms which rent tor TON = II,
N.s-iy IN ~ lie rooms are occlpieu PIS 90 -
IN members Of the club re" D'e visiting New
We use ~ ~ ample when Dolphin n penSs me
,so|, attorney who is fale Law sch9ol
go fiaielstD ,a 80 New York 20 conduct the de-
fenee in the haw trial he took Too same n as Ar
Sai -rI vale club building anS a slle NJ t5
-, . S--,-e between $4,000 and S5vlV'' Inc DuiN
ing alone silo.ygl
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-10

was upon the subject OF vagTancy. and from that
une his attention directly turned toward
sOC4Oioslcal and economic questions. with especial
reverence TO criminals and tTamps He devoted
much Of his after life to personal Investigation OF
the me n the under world. He gained wide ex-
PeIlehce IN the service Of the Pennsylvania COM
PanS as railroad policeman on the lines west OF
1''souss ior period Of five years. which he de-
800 70 inc study of criminoIOgy and the ways OF
'hohoes" at first hand He afterward spent sew
~ ,.. months IN tTamping with tramps in thirty
ulileIeht states. and went abroad and consOrted
win Vagabonds In several European countries Tor
sne purpose OF gaining personal Impressions ana
StuOyihs the ways Of men OF different natonaltiss
His knowledge OF foreign languages stool LI,, =
5000 s'eao and his wide experience was constantly
OF value to him
FIy-1t 16LiiatS Work under the name OF Josiah
,ay,e waIcI was az first regarded as only pen
s@+ioI.. was pegun with newspaper and magazine
80 on ms personal experiences which soon
SaSe nIEn reputation writer His first booLs
T.t IraInping with TFamps' and ''NOtes Of An
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-10
HIS EASY COURAGE.

little man in side whiskers entered a dentists
office one morning. and with a courage that belIed
his looks announced that he wanted an appoint
ment for the afternoon
"Half-past three" replied the dentist.
"All right. It's to have a tooth drawn-a very
bad tooth with three prongs."
I'm that case should advise an anasthetic
How much will It cost?''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-10
MADE THE KID "WISE."

Despite the good advice and ths expectation ct
the older crook that the youth had taken bis
advice on which he congratulated himself. three
years later Ruderick found as his cell companion
That Kid, There he was with his hair cropped
an the stripes on i'm. knew I'm the minute they
showed i'm into the CELL After telling OF hearing
his history. the older criminal goes on; wen,
don't need to tell you how I felt-that KID z ia
been bankin on! / suppose ought TO a bracsd
him I'D again an talked TO the warden about him
an got his gov'nOr on his track. but fellow Ike
amt good for two sta6s at TefoFPin an ~, d9s
he gets it out: jus like the risht words for q
Kid says to him. can put you next Y yen
like, an make you nFst class srSdser' 9Js {oq
YOU want be one or not. You can't play VITA
the once a crater YOU got to stick 20 e *
You're gOin' TO succeed
I'm a thief. and hen feel better thinkin' I've
He meant X, an for the next twelve months
he celled with me a year, done my best to mako
a Kid or not. but let tell you that there ain't
anything nicer in the world than M. Ias , q
Kid o. your own. You watch i'm gettin' next. day
doiS this. They got 70 give me credit for hlnF
IT'S discouragin' as the devil when the kid amt
smart. but that kiG Z had was as smart as taey
20 him fore I'd even finished what was sayln.
thin else. You know what he IS to-day.
Ts o ali 5oN- him as tie nv Detroit crook Ha
amt been in prison the las! ten years. an hos
houses out in frisco an owns big gambling
Joint in Chi an / guess he grated ten thou
sand every year besides He's 50 slick they can't
touch him There's blOkes that call him freak
they say Z he has luck That's rot II all the
crooks IN the country had that kids brains they'd
be Just successful tell you brains count for
as much in this business they do IN hankln'.
II YOU amt got 'eIn you can't be A Number One.t
Josiah Flynt Willard made old Rudericb the hero
OF his latest book. The Rise Of RudeTicx Clowd.'
His book The World OF Graft did much
pODuIarize the OF the word graft. which has
found its way into the dictionary where lt 10 Do
fned in it's recent use. to mean: To support
self ulegitmafely; % steal; sWildls''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-10

Chi Club No 1924 Broadway; the Psi Epsilon
Club. AT the Hotel Manhattan and the Chi Psi
Club at No. l. West 43d street The Kappa Sigma
Alumni Association has secretary. with offices IN
the KnickerbOcker Theatre Building and Is now
about TO take a house somewhere near Times
Square
scented by chapters Columbia and New York
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-10

chapter houses available for meetings Of alumni
Delta Kappa Epsilon, Delta Tau Delta. Delta
Phi. Phi Delta Phi. Phi Gamma Delta, Delta Up
sion and Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Delta Psi. Psi Epsilon. Alpha Delta Phi. Theta
Delta Chi and Kappa Sigma also have chapter
houses at Columbia or the University OF New York
at both institutions. IN addition 70 their gradu-
ate clubs downtown.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-10

Ten shillings.''
Then III not waste my money on anaesthetics
I'll have this tooth drawn in the ordinary way
Very we'll" murmUred the dentist. so surprised
at his courage that he added. You are an extraOT-
dinarily brave man"
Me? Ne brave? Don't YOU think it, said the
little It's not my tooth It's my wife -
Strand Magazine
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-10

universities which have houses respectively.
Morningside Heights and University Heights. the
graduate associations Of these orders hold their
meetings at the college chapter houses. This for
example, Is the practice of the Phi Delta Theta
Graduate Club. which has rooms In the Columbia
chapter house built recently by Augustus +.
HeinZc and presented by him to the fraternity.
Other Greek letter societies which have SOlumbia
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-10
A CIRQUE OF VETERANS.

The present official head of the Presbyterian
Church in the United States Of America is still
resident of Chefoo. At the General Assembly held
IN Des Moines last May the Rev DR.. Hunter Cor
bett. the veteran missionary who has been in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-10
AN ENGLISH SCHOOL AT CHEFoo.

TO meet the peculiar conditions Of the missionary
children the China Inland Mission has establishes
at Chefoo a school which IN equipment and ef-
hciency ranks as the best school IN China ana
Japan. Its teachers are all missionaries OF the
China Inland Mission. YET i;s certificate admits
boys into the English universities. II is patrouizes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-10
USEFUL ENDS SERVED.

Besides the college clubs, which for the most part
represent the bigger universities or nearby smaller
institutions whose students have found their way
in large numbers 10 the great city there the
alumni associations. which meet at stated times
for smoker" or q dinner. On these occasions
the newcomer has the opportunity Of increasing his
circle Of acquaintances among men who are able
TO give him not only encouragement but material
assistance. Many a prosperous partnership has
resulted from friendships first formed at alumni
OF abandoning the city despair, who felt that he
was stagnating in the deadening routine OF petty
made the acquaintance Of some aumnus who has
found for him other employment and in this way
launched him on a successful career.
Then there the college fraternity organiza-
stitGtons ali over he country but who are now
residents of New York-all of whom make II their
particular duty 10 assist their younger brothers
tse alumni chapters are housed in splendidly fur
nished clubhouses of their own, while others meet
IN rented which centrally situated, where
members can drop in whenever they have the
opportunity. Not a few have only a weekly meet
ing place. Others get together once month a.
some cafe or restaurant: Still others meet at the
clubhouses on Morningside University Heights
which are occupied by the Columbia and the New
York University chapters OF their respective ira
Most o. the college clubs have enjoyed especial
present time The Harvard Club few years ago
bership that il built an addition 10 its old home
which increased in size skiold. The Yale CUB
house in Madison Square 20 new eleven story
structure further uptown. And al the present time
ia home al S5th street and Fourth avenue 10
quarters in Gramercy Park where II will have
AS in most cases the young graduate on coming
10 New York has none too much money 10 spend,
nearly an the college and fraternity clubs are
lenient with him in The matter of dues. The Hsro
ward Club. for example. asks only $40 a year OF
Harvard nan FOR the first Two years he IS out OF
college $50 for the next FIVE years. and after that
M fUll dues which $40 annually. If graduate
5ofns the Alpha Delta Phi Club within year after
leaving college he IS required 10 pay only onehar
fbe annual dues. which $50 and is wholly eK-
ernrf from the entrance fee of SIS. Fun dues are
non required until he has been out OF college two
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-10
New York Now Has a Lot of
These. but More Seem
To BE Desired.

A movement IS on foot n the present time vh,cl,
JUS PIoi-o'eIs say WIZ be Of far-reachng benefit
70 many struggling young college graduate IN
this city. II is proposed TO form a college 1aau7,a
whose members will be recruited from the alumni
OF those institutions who do NOT ,ossasS c1,,,,,-
Of their own. as the Harvard. Yale Princeton Co
luTnba and Cornell clubs do and who viii all have
their homo under common roof Tho University
OF Pennsylvania Alumni Association is actively
pushing the plan.
In a way this composite clublno,,se .s ,-o.
viii resemble a great bachelor hotel Altbo,,,n
each college organization viii have its own IN
d.TidHal club rooms. its class dining rooms. its
lounging, smoking and meeting rooms and al
though us own living apartments will he arranged
on the same floor or floors. thus giving the men,
hers Of each association as much privacz as ,ba,,
could Obtain in a private dwelling house vet
there VIII be certain parts OF the building which
vii. be used in common by all. These will be a
large library 10 which all the clubs will have
access; dining room, where each particular club
VIII have certain number of tables set apart for
its use and a gymnasium and swimming pool
which VIII be open TO the members of all the
various societies
sJUh a development If the college club idea is
only in line with what has already been accom-
plished within recent years for the helm of the
youthful graduate who has come 20 the metropolis
10 WIN fame o. fortune. The colleGian of to-day
who begins his career in this city finds many
opportunities which did not exist for the graduate
o. a generation ago. He has many advantages
which his predecessor did not possess IN the way
~ making new friendships Of renewing old ones,
Of meeting men OF his own age whose cooperation
or assistance may greatly contribute his bust
ness or professional success. or Of obtaining the
ripper counsel Of older men. who may help him
solve many a problem which If met in another
way might have resulted in disastrous failure
Within recent wears host of organizations have
been formed in New York for the very purpose Of
afordng the green varsity lad those homeke
associations Of which he feels much in need.
These societies are Of different kinds although all
have much the aims. There is the college
club. for example. whose members are recruited
whole house of its own, with baronial dining
rooms. spacious assembly halls. extensive libraries
and deliberately furnished suites of bedrooms, IL
may have its home in few cosey rooms in
apartment house. where at any time of the day or
evening member may make himself at home"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-02

amy crather in tn wurruld, barrin' Tillman
Why, | wnd hate to have to sthrange bear
did wanst, but / had writer's cramp Fl months
aftherward.'
- An that settles it. Firm now on We can
get amy wan " these here nature writer's be
calm up four iliven eight B, Buena Park. TIL
wild animies can go back to their daily life "
doin' tn best they can an TIL worst they can,
which is tn same thing with thin, inanin' get
what ye want to eat an go to sleep with yc're
clothes on, But some wan ought to bring out
a new nature story. I've thought " chapter
twnty-eight With wan blow iv his pen ne
laid low, but not much lower, Orphcus H. Jubb
TIL well-known minichure painter who has taken
up nature study. With another he disem-
boweled tn Riy'rend Doctor Aleck Cuff, who
retired firm tn Universalist Church because he
cud not subscribe to their heejous doctrines
about tn future life, an wrote his cillybrated
book on wild animiles iv tn West firm a Brook
Ign car window 1t took on'y moment Fl him
to inflict a mortal wound on Seton-Ihompson's
kodak. An Tiddy Roscnfelt stood alone in TIL
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-02

wudden't let Hogan tell me about hayro that
cudden't wear an overcoat an rubber boots,
rave wan arm done up in sling, an something
TIL matther with tn other, blue spectacles on
his eyes, plug hat on his head, tn aujeence
THROWN bricks at him, an tn referee usin' a
cross-cut saw on his neck an thin make two
hundherd an fifty Jawn L. Sullvans establish
TIL new record f'r tn leap through tn window.
Win want hayro, want good wan. I
DON'T care whether it's wolf, a sojer, or q
President. 1t all comes to TIL same thing
whether It's Hogan's frind, tn Wolf that he's
been tallin' about f'r a year, or that other old
frind iv his that he used to talk about-what
dye call him2-ah, where's me mind goin' p
Ivanhoe.
But Tiddy Rosenfelt don't feel that way
about it, He's called down thin nature writer's
just tn same way he'd call me down if | whit
lecture tn fifth grade at tn Brothers school
an told thin what I thought wud inthrest thin
about Dock Haggerty. What does he say? I'll
tell We. do not wish to be harsh says he,
but if I wanted to charackterze these here
nature writers, l wud use much shorter an
uglier wurrud thin liar, if I cud think iv wan,
which | cannot. Ye take, f'r example, WHAT'S
his name Has this man liver been outside iv
an aviary? l doubt it.. Here he has guinea
pig KILN moose be bitin' it in tn ear. Now
it is NOTORIOUS to amy lover iv tn wilds, amy
man with fondness Fl these monarchs iv th'
forests, that no moose can be kilt be wound
in tn ear. l have shot thousand in tn ear
with no bad effects beyond possibly maxim thin
hard iv hcarin''
Here is a book befurc me be wan iv these
alleged nature writer's. This is man whose
name is household wurrud in Connecticut. His
books are used in tn schools. An what does
this man, who got his knowledge iv wild beasts
apparently firm mistreatin' hens f'r tn pip, say,
what is his message to tn little babblin' childhcr
iv Connecticut? 1t is thin that I've got to
think ". Instead iy tellin' thin tn blessed
truth, instead iv leadin' thin up be thurly
Christyan teachins to an undherstandin' iv what
isrght an what is ideel in life, he poisons their
innocent minds with tn malicious, premeditated
falsehood-I can't think iv an uglier or shorter
wurrud that wud go with premeditated-th
tn, wolf kills tn grizzly bear be sinkin' its hidy
Gus fangs into tn gapin' throat iv its prey. How
can honest citizens an good women be brought
up on such INFAMOUS docthrine? Supposin' a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-02

E7N2E1 ELL, Sir" said Mr. Dooley, :" see
k\EgESgVM me frind Tiddy Rosenfet has been
lMWAN1Nd dom little lithry criticism, an
tAW]s&WEA tn hospitals are full iv mangled
Ea<ee&ssz1 authors. Th' next time wan iv
thin nature authors goes out into tn woods
lookin' FIR his prey he'll go on crutches."
whats it about? !" asked Mr.. Hennessy.
",Twas this way" said Mr. Dooley. :" have
it firm Hogan, ME lithry adviser. He keeps me
posted on what's goin' on in lithrachoor, an I
do tn same f'r him on crime. I've always got
little something that's excitin' comm to me,
but this time he's made good 1t seems, We
see that good nanny iv tn la-ads that write
tn books have been LAWN tn route iv tn throl-
ley line an takin' to tn woods. They quit
Myrtle an Clarence an tn wrong done to Oscar
Lumlovitch be tn brutal foreman iv lard tank
nine an went to wurruk on tn unhappy love
affairs iv Carrie Boo, tn deer an tn throubles
in til domestic relations " tn pan fish an TIL
skate. FIR tn last year tn only books that
Hogan has told me about have been wrote about
anlniles. Nv always thought iv tn beasts iv tn
forest prowlin' around an takin' leg off man
thatd been stint to Colorado f'r his lungs. But
these boys tell me they're different in their
home life. They fall in love, get marrid an d.
voorced, bring up families, an are supported or
devoured be thin, as tn case may be, accumy-
late money, dodge taxes, dhrink to excess, an
in ivry way act like human beins. wudden't
be surprised to know that bear had lilly
phone in his room, an that tn gopher COM
planned iv his gas bills.
Ivry time I go up into tn park to see me
old frind tn Elephant wondher what dhreams
nr-re goin' on behind that nose iv his that he
uses akely as a garden hose, derrick, or a
knife an fork Is he recallin' tn happy days
at Barnums befure brutal man sunk an ice pick
into him an dhrove him to tn park? Is there
some wan still there that he thinks iy? Is she
alive, is she dead, does she liver dhream iv him
t, she ates her hay an rnbs her back again tn
bars " her gilded cage? There's tn hippy-
pcamus. He don't look to be full iv sentimint,
but We never can tell. Nanny an achin' heart
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-02


primeval forest. Suddenly there was sound
in tn bushes He loaded his pen, an thin give
gasp iv relief, fr down tn glade come his
thrusted ally, John Burroughs leadin' captive
tn pair iv wild white mice that had SO long
proved on tn counthry.'
An there ye ar-re, Hinnissy. In me heart
I'm glad these neefaryous plots iv William j.
Long an others have been defeated. TIL man
that tells ye're blessed childher that tn way
wild goat kills an owl is be pretindin' to be
an alarum clock, is an undesirable citizen. He
ought to be put in an aquarium. But take it
day in an day out am Willum j. Long won't
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-02

bear shud attack Connecticut, an tn bells shud
ring f'r tn citizens to arise an these little
darlings shud follow this false prophet an run
out in their nighties an thry to leap at his
throat Wudden't the bear be surprised? Wud-
dent the little infants be surprised? Ye bet
they wud 1 want these here darings to know
tn blessed truth tn softenin' an beautiful truth
that tn on'y way f'r wolf to kill bear is
to disembowel him. There is no other way.
TIL wolf springs at his prey, an with wan ter
rife lunch prizes him open No wolf cud kill a
bear TIL way William j. Long iv Stamford has
described A bear has tn strongest throat iv
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-02

be. is behind cold an sloppy exteeryor. Some
where in sunny Africa loving family may be
waitin' f'r him. TIL wallow at tn river side is
there, with tn slime an ooze arranged be finder
paws. But he will not return. They will meet,
but they will miss him, there will be wan vacant
lair.
Well, Sir, just as I'd got to tn frame iv
mind whin I'm thinkin' " askin' that gloomy
lookin' alligator in tn park up to spind an
aycnin' with me, along comes Tiddy Roscnfelt
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-02
Copyright, 1907, by II. H. Mcclure & Coz

ell, Sir" said Mr.. Dooley, " | see
me frind Tiddy Rosenfelt has been
dom little lithry criticism, an
tn hospitals are full iv mangled
authors. Th' next time wan iv
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1907-07-06
VIRGINIA

Is THE CRcUIT COURT oP THE CRY oF
Nn11AxssURc AsD CoUSTY % JAEEs
CRY Town.
n EAcATIOx. lrLr :. 1907.
sarah e LEkhard. Complaistsnt.
y r. Cha1oery.
4. w. LzkaaS5. Cora Adams AID John
Adams. her husband Matte
Eiszao>th L1ShaTd, and Richard
Lukhzrd. the Lass two being 50
fats. ndants
Tie Object Of fhis s.it u 20 partition
tbx real e1tate q the above named par
tsss, sisuatr Sc Stooehosse Dsstrsct,
James City coanfy, yisginia. containing
twensy fz0) acres, saore OF sess. or 4
sane caasot - petit5oned ia kiad. %
seli the sane anG 0sride The procreds
among tbe parties rutitled thereto.
II appeariSZ hy AFFIDAVIT q the eors-
plainant that diiig<nce has been used BY
s~r % ascertsis i1 what oosoty or cor
pcrzssou Cora Adams. ose ~ the 6<feBd-
auts, is. without ehtet. II - therefore
ordered that the said Cora Adams ap-
pear nithin 6ftetD DAYS after 81 Pub
Ecation q tb5s nofice. ia the Clerk .
OGee Of oar s2i6 Court. AID DO What l.
reccssary GO protect Der interest.
T. 4. CEDDY. cierk.
EoEyELLE - HENLEY, p.s.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1907-07-06
Shield Nominated in York.

Conway Shield. Incumbent. was
nominated for Commonwealth At
toTney O. York County II the Dem
oc-scc Primary last Saturday over
Judge Sydney Smith BY q majority
Of 20 Smith carried Burton Dis
t-ict By . vote Of l9 . c. Shield
carried TIE ether districts.
The following IS ne hoard q
supervisors.
Burton, .. =. No-me-t. Nelson.
Richard Shed; Grafton. :. =.
Smith; Poq-osoa. Robert Forest.
Hot to- the Senate. carried York
D. 5ig majority over Ashby. Hol,
earned his district BY over oOO.