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New-York tribune., 1908-09-27
SmYRNA's CAB SYSTEM.

In reporting that in the cab system Of Smyrna,
,hs commercial metropolis OF Asia Minor. there
ar< sss carriages and about seven hundred carts.
Consul General Ernest l. Harris covers their op-
eretions:
The number stated includes those used in the
suturban villages The taximeter has not es yet
been Introduced into the city. There is no govern
nent regulation Of fares. neither Is the organiza
tion administration OF the business in any way
controlled interfered with by the municipal au-
thorft1es As result Of this arrangement the
oahEnen free 10 ask whatever price they choose
The OF g 70 tax is collected by the authorities
from each carriage every month
The horses used in the cab system OF Smyrna
brought from the interior % the country, more
especially from tbs districts OF AioiE and cassaba
while few brought from Magnesia, but the
at the latter place does not enjoy 8 good
reputation for endurance The cost OF maintain
Ing & horse in Smyrna Is aboq g cents day.
The price OF horses averages from $50 20 $50
~On the whole, the cab business OF Smyrna can
not be said 5e paying The usual fares
asked are % cents for the trip. 90 for the
hour, s. for afternoon drive. and about s. a day
The bad condition Of the streets and country roads
+ q great drawback TO the business. The fear OF
damage 70 both horses and carriages keeps many
cabnlen from accepting fares 10 many quarters
OF the city. Such is also the case with journeys
20 come Of the distant villages. the condi-
tfon Of the country roads rendering u fmpraeu-
cziiS for cabTnen TO venture upon them unless
the prospect OF extra fares induces them TO under
asks T. Z-Colfplsr Report
New-York tribune., 1908-09-27
WHITE PLAGUE FIGHT
international tuberculosis Congress
Exhibition at Washington.
From The Tribune Bureau. i,


Washington, Sept. 2s-Gathered in the usr.iaIIv
competed National Museum is the most compre
hensiVe and valuable exhibit that has ever been
presented to the Washington public. From al
most every quarter Of the globe the various pha
OF the fight against the great white plague are
described in the specimens and pictures which line
every wall and which show the work that has
oeen done oy the countries represented in sixth
International tuberculosis Congress For the last
few days the building has been thronEed with
siehtseers Interested in the fight and few have left
without feeling that the time is at hand when
the ravages of the disease will be curtailed and It's
cure eventually effected.
For the scientists there numerous technical
drawings and mars covered with Latin names and
intrtcaces, there instruments and machines
pamphlets and drawings for the lavmen there
are practical Illustrations Of the work that has
been done, of the modes for diagnosing tubercu-
iosis. for its cures and for the prevention of It's
spread. There are model houses and model
rooms, model receptacles and model windows The
proper sort OF playground is prescribed in mini
ature. while every wall mottolke INSCRIPTIONS
exude advice which has been gathered by the spe-
cialists only after years OF labor. Near each ex-
hibit(is its manager. and each manager is ready
at all times to explain his specimens
Thus far the greatest interest seems to he centra5
in the New York exhibits. The committee on the
Prevention of tuberculosis OF the New York Char
ity Organization Society occupies the most con-
spicuous spot in the exhibit. Among dts speci-
mems model of an actual tenement block in
New York City. which is labelled the breeding
place Of the disease, models of one of New York's
three hundred thousand dark bedrooms of the
dark Railways. the back yards the cellars the
overerowded sweatshops. on the walls also are
enumerated tbs various causes of the spread of
the disease, showing the dust infection the in
f@cted clothing. the crowded cigar factory the
cheap lodging house, and other Illustrations and
explanations showing how the disease NAV best
be prevented Charts demonstrate the extent of
the disease in New York City, how it is discovered
and cured in the various New York hospitals and
by the Health Department, how 1t should be treat
cd in the early stages and how the patient should
be treated al home All the various hospitals and
sanatoriuns in the city shown as well as the
progress that has been made since active efror4s
were begun.
Ths exhibit OF the New York City Department
Of Health consists mainly Of statistical eiaxrsus
New-York tribune., 1908-09-27

churches a managing and nfs member ot ths
Western Pennsylvania Exposition Society, Ets
director OF the United Cemeteries and director q
the Pittsburg and Allegheny Milk and Zee Associa-
tfon which provides free milk and ice for poor
children.
Aside from these Offices. ne IS honorary prssi-
dent OF the PoseidOn. organization Of modern
Greeks in the Pitts5urs section OF the state; .
chairman Of the Christian EndeaEOF Vide Worz
for Sailors a member OF the L1fssavers and Light
house Keepers he having aided greatly n seclz-
Ing an increase n salary from Congress FOR men
engaged in this line O. work: member o. ths
committee preparing for the sesqucentenni2l cs-e-
bration OF the founding OF Pittsbu-s. member
OF the Edgegood Country Club. chaplain OF ths
Actors Alliance and ministerial delegate 70 Pitts
burg Central Labor Union
The Brooklyn congregation was organized aBouE
fourteen years ago. II has Sunday school with
an enrolment OF than nine hundred, AID ths
congregation numbers more than eight hundred
persons
This is the second Presbyterian pastor 70 b9
called from Pittsburg a Brooklyn church within
the last three years, the Rev. Dr. A D. Garlic
having gone there from the Taberlacls Presoy-
terian Church about three years ago
While Dr. Young has not given his decision. II fs
understood that he will accept
New-York tribune., 1908-09-27
EGGS BY WAGON LOADS.
Carted for Miles Like Bricks in Wagon,
Few Are Broken in Transit.

Eggs by the wagon load. hauled for many niles
a rocky road. IN almost exactly the sans
manner Western farmer transports bis corn
gets his eggs to market on the streets OF West
Plains. No. which. according TO The ST. Louis
Republic" has become great poultry and egg
market well as the centre OF the famous land
Of the big red apple and E1berts peach. Il IS
daily occurrence to see wagon loads OF eggs. many
OF them coming distance OF more than sixty
miles.
Filling wagon with eggs that they viii ride
without breaking is art that requires skill
The Ozark huckster and freighter has This down 70
nicety. and it is seldom hat he breaks more than
two or three dozen OF the big load in the long
journey over the mountains
In loading wagon with eggs a thrss-inch lag7r
Of straw Is placed in the bottom Of the wagon bed
bcLa, % g. so q ar b sIrleT c-' % SS 80 -, ,+s
straw without ceremony. and the driver. with a
single isyer Wae6 S me 5 iays- Of sxEs Is Sopie,s
another covering OF straw IS put ard more egss
nigh Then boards are put on top Of the load 70
comes necessary for several persons TO get OF re
Of the wagon BED. and they are nsiled down
chain is wrapped around the middle O re
drivers bedding and grub box snd scrnstirsss
If they were pscss n sSaS ifS yEb,sr9 sIi-s
Frequently the driver walks around on tor Of the
ing OF the heavy load over The hiis OF the OzaTks
does not crack many OF the eggs one thousand
bring more than this number If the condition q
the roads permit and the hens have been busy
IN shipping eggs TO market the esgs are hrst
.candled," process through which they are Pqt
to find sll the bad ones. in order to comply with
the national pure food law. Then the eggs are
packed In cases and loaded in refrigerator cars.
bound for the Eastern markets A single con-
tains exactly 800 eases Counting thirty dozen a
case, car holds l2ec0 dozen. $4,000 eggs. ESri
mated at present prices received in the East car
of ia worth g 500
The Missouri hen as a revenue producer is far
ahead OF the famous Missouri mule OF even the
COW In the Ozark region the poultry industry %
going 20 outTtyal fruit growing the present stride.
According to the bureau OF labor statistics Ms
souri, shipped more than worth OF poultry
and eggs In 1S07. and this yesr viii show a bis
increase.
From actual experience, a farmers wife. vith
one hundred chickens. will net the tidy SUM OF 80
IN six months time from the sale OF eggs slone
One hundred pulets will produce on an average
q month At Is 2-S cents Dozen. the average
pIlce pato u the marksts. the gross revsnls de-
rived from the hens is $50 5S Estimating that Is
costs about So TO feed the flock. and counting
hours labor each day sl5. the net proft Is k5
New-York tribune., 1908-09-27

Of Newark. y. J.. which was his second pastorate
his first pastorate having been at Asbury Park
y j.
In addition to his work pastor OF the congre-
cation. which is of he largest OF the denomi-
nation, he has conducted services in the Pitts
burg city parks for ten years holding three ser
vices each Sunday during the early and late sum
mer. when not at his summer home, Savage Den
Lake Of Bays. Ontario. Canada. For the last nine
winters he has conducted services in OF the
principal theatres each Sunday afternoon These
services generally attended by from two
thousand TO five thousand persons At these meet
ings specia, music IS provided BY orchestras os
from twenty-five to fifty pieces. Moving pictures
are also introduced in connection with the ser
vices
DR.. Young is one of the members OF the Cen
erai Assembly's evangeIistic committees OF the
Presbyterian Church. is vce-chairmau of~ehe COM
mittee on mems societies OF the Church. was one
of the organizers Of the Presbyterian Brotherhood
ls' trustee OF Wilson College. Chambersburg
Fem: a member OF the council OF the Presby-
terian Brotherhood OF Pittsburg Presbytery. a
member OF the Union Evangeiistic Committee OF
Greater Pittsburg. which Includes all Protestant
New-York tribune., 1908-09-27

showing the extent OF the disease 70 New YORK
Considerable interest is manifested IN the straos
milk exhibit. especially by mothers and nurses
The system Of pasteurfZed milk laboratories WHICH
Nathan Straus has founded In New York Is ex-
plained at all hours OF the day by the tfreless at
tendants The exhibit in Washington IS work
ing miniature of the plant established oy MI
Straus in New York where pasteurized mix Is
prepared daily for twenty-five hundred infants
The exhibit also shows an assortment OF nome
pasteurizers by the use OF which mothers can pre-
pare the milk without relying upon dealers Be
tween the various New York exhibits there Is some
rivalry and each is bent on winning number or
the prizes which have been offered The Heaith
Department counts on a great sensation when the
new Calmette test is shown DR.. Calmette. OF Lllie
France has discovered that doubtful cases OF tu-
bercuIosis may be tested by very novel method
A solution known to the physicians as 'tuoercuhn
is dropped in the suspects eye, and II the eye be-
comes red after twenty-four hours il is said 10 De
certain that there is tuberculosis in the system
The Smithsonian Institution and the Interior De-
partment through the bureau of Indian anairs5
have combined n an interesting exhibit showing an
entirely new phase OF consumption. The object is
to demonstrate that the American Indians n their
wild and primitive state did not, as far as Is
known suffer from consumption. but that the
advance OF civilization brought along with IL
enough knowledge of the white mans habits 10
break down the previous high standard Both the
army and the navy have exhibits showing methods
used in these branches 70 prevent and cure the
disease while the Census Bureau also has a share
in the government exhibit. which includes tabu-
lating machine TO add the death rates and the ex-
tent Of plague The Colorado exhibit attracts
great attention and the immense benefit TO be de-
rived from that section is adequately pictured in
New-York tribune., 1908-09-27
NEW zgALANp's STRANGE ISLAND.

White Island derives its from the clouds %
white steam in which le appears to be continually
enveloped- It's area - only six hundred acres aud
level
In form and color 10 Is Ike a reposinx camel
while its interior with its gray. Weathsrhea1ea. al
most perpendicular cliffs recalls the Coliseum az
Rome OverhangtnS the southern landing placs
stands column Of rock closely resembling sen
tinel which has been dedicated 20 the memory OF
Captain Cook The water OF the island Is OF a pals
green hue and anything dipped into IL becomes OF
red brick color, The fumes of sulphur are always
plainly perceptible
ON a fnc moonlight night wonderful sight =
afforded 10 anyone who Will SIT IN open boat ~
OF the lakes OF the island Covering area or
nfty acres Is an iu@ense cadron Kissing and snors
Ing and sending forth volumes OF poisonous stsa.-
while all chances OF sSress appear 70 be dentea ~
the steep. silent aud gloomy clns.-Britsh Ausu~
Ian
New-York tribune., 1908-09-27
NEW BROOKLYN PASTOR.
DR.. S. f. Young, of Pittsburg, WM
Probably accept Call.

The Rev. Dr. S. Edward Young. OF the Second
Presbyterian Church OF Pittsburg. has received
unanimous call 10 the Bedford Presbyterian
Church. Nostrand avenue and Dean street, Brook
Iyn Negotiations have been pending for several
months, but DR.. Young has continued TO discoUr-
age the Brooklyn church until recently, His con-
gregation in Pitsburg numbers more than six
teen hundred members. He receives q salary OF
$1,000 year.
DR.. Young has been pastor of the Second
Church for the last ten years. having gone 20
Pittsburg from the Central Presbyterian Church
New-York tribune., 1908-09-27

The opening oratorio concert in the new opera
house will be given by the Brooklyn oratorio So
ciety on the evening OF Thursday, October s.
Haydn's The Creation" will be presented. Walter
Henry Hall IS the conductor of tie society The
opening organ recital will come on the afternoon
OF Sunday, October H. Edwin H. Iemare r R c.
O., T. r. 4. NJ. will play. Mr. Lernare Is 8 uu-
sician OF London, England. DR.. John c. Bowker
ot hale VIII open the lecture season on October
H. On four successive Saturday afternoons and
evenings he will give illustrated lectures on
Sketches In SPAIN, Austria Hungary" Albion
in Africa" and The Road to Ragusa"
New-York tribune., 1908-09-27

Mrs, Page to make their home in Chappaa'ia,
N Y
On Tuesday afternoon Miss Hazel Dorothy McE-
henie daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs T. D. hcElhenie'
OF No. 2e6 Ryerson street, was quietly married 70
Harold Robert Hanson. 1t was home ceremony,
at : O'Clock, with the Rev. DR.. Robert E. Pretow
officiating. Miss Edith Edna McElhenie sister
Of the bride. the maid of honor and Walter B.
Hansen was his brothers best
At the wedding on Wednesday, October 4, OF
Miss Lillian vackiner and Clinton Starkey scholes.
the ribbons forming the aisle for the bridal party
will be held by members Of the class OF Packer, co.
to which the bride belongs The maid Of honor
will be Miss Louise Scholes. and James Frederick
Scholes IS to be the groomsman Howard S.
Scholes and Starr Gardner Cooper will act as
usheTs. Miss Vackiner is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John w Vackiner Of No $50 Argyle Road,
at whose home the wedding wild take place at
$50 =. m.
Mr and Mrs AIvah Miller whose daughter. Miss
Mabel Lorraine Miller is 10 marry Kingsley swan
next Thursday evening tn the First Reformed
Church, will entertain the entire bridal party and
New-York tribune., 1908-09-27
GOSSIP OF THE BOROUGH
President C0ier Launches Forth an
Verse-Other Notes.

GUNNER Is gene" says Borough President Bird
s Coler, pausing for a moment "a his editorial
1t-a6e against Republicans and Republican lead
ers in his Weekly Bulletin There may Yet
be g few dreamy dsys Of golden haze. days ike
New-York tribune., 1908-09-27
BROOKLYN SOCIAL CHAT
HEADINGS Soon to Come Occupy
attention of Boron ghites.

pre-nuptial entertaining and the first large church
wedding-that on Thursday Of Miss Mabel Lor-
raine Miller ard Kingsley swan. the First Re
formed Church. The evening the schumann-
Heink recital at the Academy OF Music will be
New-York tribune., 1908-09-27

Miss Anna Iadd Cutter viii be the only attend
Of Miss Clara Hutchinson Packard, whose
marriage to Harold Sterling Gledwin is set foT
Thursday. October 15. The ceremony, TO which
only and the closest personal friends have
been bidden. viii be performed at o'clock by the
Rev. Or. l. Mason Clarke, at the home OF the
brides parents Mr.. and Brs Edwin Packard, No
2a Henry street The Invitations 20 the reception
following. half hour later, were more general
Mr. Glsdwin. who Is the son Of James Gladwin, OF
Poligny, France, and nephew Of Mrs James
: HoInshead has chosen James F. Pierce for
his best man. but there will be ushers- His
engagement 10 Miss Packard was announced last
April and during the summer they were enter
tained at many OF the country houses. Miss Pack
ard is now the guest of Mrs Thomas o. Calendar
al Westhampton Beach. Her hance until recent
years lived in England
New-York tribune., 1908-09-27

tory will bs held at the Academy Of Music on NOR
day afternoons and evenings from October IL 10
April I. DR.. Richard Morse Hodge. OF the extern
sion department of Columbia University who has
been conducting classes in Biblical literature
religious pedagogy. will have charge OF the work
University work upon the Sunday school problem
first undertaken in this country by Columbia
University through DR.. Hodges department IN
1902 The course in Old Testament history will be
study OF the political and religious history OF the
ancient Hebrews It will be non-sectarian in char
acter The Biblical course is accepted by the Board
of Education to count toward the promotion OF
public school teachers from assistant to principal
the subject being credited study in English
The course may be used by students 10 count
toward the degrees given by Columbia University.
The opening song recital at the Opera House of
the Academy of Music and the first concert to be
held under the auspices OF the Brooklyn Institute
since # opened its quarters will be given by
Nine. Schumann-Henk. with Mrs. Katherine
Hoffman, at the plano. ON tha evening OF Thurs
day. October !. This will be the only event st
which Nine Schumann-Heink will sing in this
country in the Of 1soS-'o9. She postponed
the commencement of her season In Europe at the
request OF the Institute that she might sing this
opening concert. Her programme will be fol-
lows:
Recat:v. and aria from the opera Titus Mozart
the o9s5s a s 9 s. kSas5a wssns!
from the opera. Samson and Desh' Saint sagns
Ave Maria. --...-.......1
Standchen. n...............t
TIaidenrosisiu .......... '''''''''''''''''- N'N
Der WanGsrer. .........
Aenistandchen. ......... vt. WIS.,. O..
CTebst. ? ~ -
Weihnachtsn HumperdnCk
Six Hungarian gypsy
there, Gypsy v.................
High and towering stream
ye when my iov'd one. - - prsb,ns
Loving God, Thou knowest.
Thou thinking oft........-...
ROSebuGs three -...-.........-.--l
Two Folk Songs. ................ Chadwick
Irish Lang
NY Naive Land Hugo ksnn
New-York tribune., 1908-09-27

the first event in the opera house. though the
formal opening takes place six weeks hence A
few more people have returned 10 town, but their
time is occupied with the renovation Of their
houses, il will probably be a month before
there viii be word Of much individual entertaining
with the exception OF that Incidental to the many
weddings scheduled for the coming month.
New-York tribune., 1908-09-27

Considerable interest he's been aroused By the
discovery OF two hesdstones in the back yard Of
DO. 1ls High street. The stones were found By
G gang OF workmen, who were engaged in making,
q clearing for the approach 20 the Manhattan
Bridge Il is not known that this part OF town
used either public private ceme-
terry. The dates Of the deaths recorded by the
stones 1856 and 1853, the first being part Of
the inscription for boy and the second for girl
On the girls headstone are the words: II am
not dead, but sound asleep ! at rest"
The Stones first discovered by a workman in
che gang whose name IS Martin Rubber Rub
ber en6 his friends failed 10 find any bodies be-
meath the stones. and they decided that some
CORNER owner OF the house must have used them
In paving his backdoor yard
New-York tribune., 1908-09-27

Invitations TO the wedding on Tuesday, October
6 Of Miss Helen Catherine Hodgskin and Pay
master Baron Potter Du Bots Lave been Limited
20 relatives and intimate friends. Mrs. Henry
Titus Hodgskin is to be the matron of honor and
Miss Helen NJ Hodgskin, niece Of the bride and
daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. T. Elicit Hodgskin at
whose residence No. 537 Washington avenue the
wedding is To take place, Will be the maid OF honor
Chester B. Du Bois, a brother of the bridegroom,
will be his best man Miss Hodgskn is visit
ing friends Long Island
New-York tribune., 1908-09-27

tarough the red riot Of early october to meet he
winters frozen front"
And. as il that vas not enough to warrant the
recent Use in the price OF the Bulletin" from
two tn FIVE cents copy he bursts forth in the
Following 'pome~.
What Is the Soy q Ife-a woman.s love
The r0se-Ted sprite that DANCES IN the bowl
The revel 'monEst the stars that shine above
Ger dlanonG-dusted reaches o. my soul,
What is the JOY OF Nfe2 Hear you my cry;
And. 10. NY spirit answers. Pun kin pie
And Coler SAYS IN another place:
ord Of h.
Trouble has arisen the Academy Of Music
O. contractor. Schenck Cooper, 70 whom the man
eseTnent gave the exclusive right 10 take care Of
she programmes with their advertising. His con-
tract is said 10 prevent those who give entertain
&-nents in the building from issuing their pro-
gramnes and reaping the benefit of the advertise
rnents run IN them. Already the possibility Of legal
rlfEcultIes has arisen. Q. A Ellis, manager Of the
FBoston Symphony Orchestra, has determined to
have his own programmes and his own advertising
at his Eve concerts In spite OF Cooper. Nathan
s. Jonas who has been making arrangements with
the Academy for a ball. which viii be held there
fa the winter for the benefit OF the Jewish Hos
ritsl is also determined issue his pro-
grarnres. He has his agents out soliciting ads
and expects TO make 8 90 81 0y) through them,
usual On the other hand, Cooper is just
determined 70 maintain his contract. The contract
between Superintendent Edsall Of the Academy.
and Cooper fs said be highly injurious the
Brooklyn Institute OF Arts and Sciences which is
the Academy's biggest patron, paying INTO its
treasury 10000 a year in rentals II IS considered
Doubtful by lawyers # Cooper can enforce his
tract against people who hire the Academy and
who not warned Of its provisions before closing
their contract with the management.
New-York tribune., 1908-09-27

Of interest TO many person III this borough was
the marriage on Wednesday OF Miss Marjorie
Wylie Benedict, daughter OF the late William H.
Benedict of Manhattan. and Charles Philip Fry,
son Of Thomas P. Fry. Of Mobile. Ala. who lived
on the Heights for several years. The ceremony,
which was private. performed by the Rev. DR..
William M Grosyenor in the Memorial Chapel Of
the Church Of the Incarnation. Manhattan. The
BRIDE who was unattended, was given away by her
brother Harry Benedict, and was gowned In white
cloth and point dAlencon. Edrpund Maury Fry,
Of Philadelphia, his brothers best Mr..
Fry was graduated from the University Of Ala
bana IN 1883. and is member of the Southern
ST. Nicholas societies On returning from their
wedding trip Mr.. and Mrs. Fry will live at No
81 West 10th street.