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New-York tribune., 1908-03-08
JOHNSON MEMORIAL AT LICHFIELD
Appeal from Mayor of English Town for
Funds to Restore Birthplace.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir Last June my predecessor in Office issued
an appeal for funds for the reparation and resto-
ration of the birthplace of DR.. Samuel Johnson, at
Lichfield. The house is set apart Johnson
library and museum, and such is to be preserved
as memorial of greatest citizen. Many ladies
and gentlemen have subscribed literally. but am
sorry say the response has been inadequate for
the objects in view. A great deal has been DONE
but much more is necessary before the birthplace
is restored to its original condition and before 1t
be said to be permanently safe.
With the subscriptions offered we have been
enabled TO the old booksellers shop to as
nearly possible its original state. Tho modern
shop frcnt has been removed and replaced by a
double window Of the period Of DR.. Johnson. and
the steps which led to II from that side have been
indicated. The ancient floor has been made Sc
cure, the old oak beams of the ceiling have been
thrown open to view. and other work has been
done to restore the shop to the state in which 1t
existed In the olden days.
We anxious to proceed with the birth
the shop, to reveal the oak panelling
and TO make manifest the other features OF inter
est which prevailed when DIR. Johnson was born
Other rooms and the roof require renovation and
reparation to make them damp proof. sanitary and
safe. and want to put them in complete order
possible
In a short time we shall be preparing to cele-
brate the bicentenary of DR.. Johnson's BIRTH and
we are undertaking this needful work of restora-
ton in anticipation of that historical event. We
wish TO maintain the building a memorial of
the great and good man born there and TO hand 1t
on TO future generations of the English speaking
race To this end 1 appeal for further subscrip-
tons and ] hope all classes will Join in offering
contribution
w r. COLERIDGERO
Mayor of Lichf1ed.
The Guildhan Lichfeld Staffs. February. 1908
New-York tribune., 1908-03-08
FEARS RACE OF Low BRowED WOMEN.
Wisconsin Professor Points Out Danger of
Feminine American Peasantry.

Chicago March 7.-Unless factory and shop con-
dftions are changed materially America is threat
ened with the appearance of race of women ike
those of peasant class of Russia. according 10
Professor Edward A. Ross. of the University of
Wisconsin, who addressed the Illinois Federation
of Women's Clubs at Hull House last night
After quoting from statistics to show that one
third of the of the country between the
ages Of fifteen and twenty-five are engaged in in
dustrial occupations. Professor Ross said:
With many of them 1t is only temporary. but
do YOU realize that for the few years they are
ar the loom or in the shop the conditions sur
rounding them not shaped or influenced pF
ANYBODY who has any interest in them?
The truly feminine girl. the one OF fralIty ana
deIicacy will pass from wording classes
There will ne a reversion to the type of mascrI-
line uomen-squat. fiat-CheSted. broad packed
Iow-browed creatures-working in the helds SIDE
hy side with the men. the burdens of Wifehood
and motherhood coming but as an incident TO
q day Of toll. , .
The cost of the cure. the prevention of such A
state is in the hands of society to-day The day
when a man could sell himself into slavery is IN
the past of all civilized countries. A further in
reference in the field of the so-called freedom
of contract" cannot be considered bold the law
can tell a girl just how many hours or her time
she sell.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-08
MUSIC.
THE BEETHOVEN CYCLE.

When the world wishes to honor the memory of
some great painter of elder day. public and pri-
vate galleries levied upon for representative
canvases from his brush, and enormous risk
and expense the capital city of what perhaps was
once the artists country gathers these pictures
gethrr and exhibits them to pilgrims from both
heniispheres. Every time Rembrandt or a
Velasquez is thus celebrated a and deeper ap
probation Of his genius results The cumulative
power of collection, devoted exclusively TO a Gre
atfve artist of the first rank invariably itself
profoundly felt, while large aggregation work
Dy smaller. less varied men simply reveals their
limitations Of idea and treatment
fortunately for the lovers of music the .praetica-
pty OF arraylng for study and enjoyment the
works OF a master of the tone art is far greater
IMAM IN the case of famous painters. while the rea-
tive potency of judicous exhibition of his music
so TO say, is not whit less. Applying the prin
cipie TO Mr. Damroschs current series of Beeth-
oven concerts by the New York Symphony So
clety, some account has already been given these
'SImns of the influential impression made nv the
performance Of a group of the composers earlier
writings. Last evening the second of the six pro-
posed concerts was devoted TO music falling mostly
between the dates OF 1903 and 1907.
Inc Eroica" symphony and the three 81 Iaonore"
oNertures. each intended to preface Beethoven's 8
ohiy opera, were the orchestral pieces played.
"Hlle DIVERSITY was given to the programme by the
inclusion of three songs religious words the
Nloiin romance in f. and the quartet from Eide
no Mir list so wunderbar." The songs were
bitten. 'Fom Tode'' and die Ehre Gottes in
Ger Natur' the first two pitched in a mood which
schubert often shared with the composer who wa )
ms musical god. while the last one. proclaIning
the allperYading glory Of the Deity has well been
hkened TO a nobly proportioned Greek temple
Taken in their relations to another several
compositions of this programme could scarcely have
failed to enlarge. for many hearers their concep-
ton of the range and power of BeethOvens living
gift to the world.
The orchestra. under Mr.. DamrnsCh's intelligent
and earnest guidance put its credit a notably
fine rendering of the 'Eroica' symphony. the
funeral march's slow solemnity being Set forth
with especial elOquence. The high E fiat for the
first horn in the trio of the scherzo proved a
stumbling block. as ii often does players this
difficult passage, but barring the slight flaws thus
caused the orchestra's work praisewOrthy in
high degree Miss Lansng's Interpretation Of
Bitten and 'Eom Tode' artistic. but too
small in scale. and even Mr.. Cunningham's rotund
barytone could realize the full possibilities of
Die Ehre GOttes.' though he sang well and with
abundant tone. Mr. Names the solo violinist
in the romance in +, and the quartet from
''Ffdeo' was sung by Miss Marie Stoddard Miss
Lansing. Mr. Reed Miller and Mr.. Cunningham
The audience Of fair size and Judicial tenn
per The programme will be repeated this after
noon at Carnegie Hall.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-08
arcLNIA GROUNDS IN LOWER BAY
duchess Of Marlborough Emphatic in Denial
Of Reported Conversion to Socialism.

allie making the turn in the Ambrose chafliiei
laiek mist yesterday morning the lheoii''i'5
.'sihshlp Lucsnia pokeG her nose an 10 the sho"l
- renamed fast for hour The passengers =
Ing thefn the Duchess q Marlborough ana Al
-" . Vanderbilt At breakfast when the
'einer stuck The duchess finished her breakfast
- 'hen came on deck and watched the skipper >
iour t1gboats pickering over a price 10 heip re-
NE Canarder. one captain with a powerful
:. i'sia out for 500, and finally got il
nc oochess said she had come over for persona
'ns mat were Of no concern TO the pubic anu
- emphatically the report tha- she had oe-
:. socialist Alfred g. Vanderbilt denled l"i
- o-cIess the rgmor that she had come here 10
= oivorce. Mrs. William x Vanderbilt IL
- . &fs o. II. J.. Belmont. mother Of the ducflsS9-
NJ a. the pier. William X. Fanderoilt' il
A., 'he L0cania al Quarantine He boarded ii'
ags
-, tVa Peterson. the trained nurse VINO 81
-, the late Robert Floyd. formerly IN the "
= ~he orce returned on the Lucanla. hi =
!. .sn Went abroad for d sea trip, and IN kee''-
a. 'H NJ Floyds wishes threw his ashes over
| L. @Ips SIDE on the last eastward irio Of Ia"
New-York tribune., 1908-03-08
EYE. EAR AND THROAT DOCTORS DINE.
Counsel for Knickcrbocker Trust Company
Tells of Proposed Reopening.

The directors and staff of the Manhattan Eye
Ear and Throat Hospital had their esh'h ahhua
dinne- last night at the Hotel St Regis. Joseph
{ Auerbach. counsel and director OF the kncker-
hooker Trust Company. was the POSTMASTER tie
complimented the physicians on their Work ana
spoke of the recent financial depression Hesaiu
ing the proposed reopening of the knickerhocker
Trust Company said he was. eated over the
bright prospects of the company.
"The deposits of the institution said Mr Auer-
bach amount 10 s52 100000. but represent about
four billion dollars which is about the amount peo-
Mo have failed to pay of their debts on the ground
that the Knickerboc1er had closed
7 Amory Haskell of the board OF directors OF
the hospital said that since the removal OF the hss-
rital year ago it had treated more cases lhah III
the first ten years of its existence
Dr Walter F. Chappell spoke on our stan, LIE.
Emmett Holt on "Our Outside Relations ana
~ William F. Marple responded TO our Allied IN
st,tutions. ,o, -,,,.-
,rberc were also several vocal and musical nuh-
New-York tribune., 1908-03-08
HORSE SHOW IN FOREST.
Iazqsh Decorations, to Cost $40, 900,
Planned for Olympia.

so-. remarkable details Of the way in which
slym will be spent in organizing the forthcom-
,rs International Horse Show and in Transforming
Cl,nlQa into great garden set in forest glaoe
.-s zi,-en in 2 London exchange The lavish
scheme Of decorations planned by the directors VIII
nske the show one Of the greatest spectacles OF
i,s kind seer
To give the show the appearance Of being held IN
the middle Of a forest. hundreds Of large trees
thr tons reaching nearly 10 the roof, will fringe
the great hall and TO complete the effect OF a
shsdv glade the roof area between the treetops
wll :e hung with twenty-five thousand yards OF
scenery realistically depicting interlaced hranches-
That they may not Hither and thus spoil the effect
Of natural woodland the trees have already been
planted four months in the large tubs in which
they will stand al the show.
Tie STANDS viii be built Immediately inside the
fringe of trees. and they will provide seating lot
eight thousand persons. Between the stands and
the arena there Will be a broad garden Of brilliant
flowers for which scores Of thousands Of plants
are nov under cultivation The balcony round the
sSAfoot arena viii be a glowing mass Of living
crimson -anl1Ie- roses
The decorations within the arena will be sump-
tnoas n the extreme. Trees and flowers VIII pre-
Dominate but the entire scheme is TO be changed
or every one Of the nine days Of the show one
Cav il will represent an old English garden, the
hsrt Dutch garden. the next an Italian garden
ad 50 There viii be seventeen thousand feet
cfresh turf laid down daily
The water jump in the centre VIII be banked with
toVers and trees. f.ith fountains playing among
thsra The end of the arena. where the horses VIII
tne- is 10 be converted into exact replica OF
ts courtyard Of old country mansion But the
nOsi wonderful floral effects viii he seen in the
oeooration scheme Of the royal box. The box is
/" be massed al round with growing flowers, ana
% lie, cgt OF from everything else. in perfect
peaer Of trees hing from the margin OF the
nng 70 the hack OF the hail. distance of forty
tep
One Of the existing exit doors viii be transformed
nte royal entrance so that the Kings carriage
III De able 70 draw up within few yards OF the
'o1 The King VIII ascend to his box, which VIII
.ee-y De q suite of handsomely furnished rooms
= means q : Specially Constructed elevator.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-08
THREE BAPTIST CHURCHES MERGE.
First Meeting of the New Congregation To
Be Held To-day

The first meetings of members of the Collegiate
Baptist Church of the Covenant. new congrega-
tion formed by the union of the West Thirty-third
street Baptist Church. the Church of the Epiphany
and the Riverside Baptist Church. will be held to-
dav The formation of this church has been under
,-av for some time but the arrangements were
not completed and the papers signed until the last
week.
The central branch of this church will be
the former Riverside Baptist Church. at Amster-
dam avenue and SD street while south branch
will be conducted at the old West 33d street
church Until the of next January the branches
OF the Collegiate Baptist Church of the Covenant
viii have their pulpts filled by stated supplies
The Rev DR.. Oscar Haywood. or Waterbury,
Conn. will preach to-day at the central church
at the. morning and evening services. DR.. Hay
wood, NAV be the permanent supply the greater
part Of this year. At the south branch to-day the
services will be conducted by the Rev. Dr. Ray
Ilond MapleSden.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-08
MR.. WU IN WASHINGTON.
Just the Same Vary Diplomat as
of Old.

Washington. March 7.-Wu Ting-fang who has
returned to the United States as Minister from
China. after several years absence. arrived In
Washington tonight.
The minister arrived at the Union Station at
about O'Clock and was met by the Chinese Lega-
ton staff and driven the legation. where he re-
ceived the newspaper men. As of old. he was the
interviewer particularly when the questions adj
dressed to him seemed to approach the subject or
the difficulty his country is having with Japan over
the seizure Of the Tatsu Maru on the charge OF
smuggling arms into China for the supposed bene-
of revoutionists In fact he has changed little.
Re appeared to be just anxious TO absorb IN
formation and Just as keen TO raise an issue with
those who undertook to satisfy his appetite Tor
news.
After the seizure of the japanese steamer had
been mentioned several times Minister WI finally
said that he had been travelling SO long that ne
knew little about the controversy but he did not
believe the situation to be serious He declared MS
intention of awaiting definite information from his
government before discussing the question
There was one subject the minister discussed will
ingy and that was the advancement made In China
He said that If he had not been there himself ne
could conceived of the progress in the last
decade and especially the last four or five years
The world does not realize II, he satd ana CANNOT
know that the nation is alert in truly modern
sense. He thought his country would take rahA
with the most powerful nations within short time
These expressions were fnterspersed among ms
questions and were used chiefly TO circumVent tue
curiosity shown by the reporters as 10 what emma
is likely to do in regard to japanese commerciai
aggression and the demands of the latter govern
ment in regard to the Tatsu Maru. Plainly the IN
ference was that expects his government 10 take
a firm stand on all these questions
Mr. WI said he would call on Secretary Root at
once with a view to having his credentials present
ed te President Roosevelt at as early date as pos
New-York tribune., 1908-03-08
sTEEPLECHASE PARK FRAMEWORK UP.
New Structure Covers an Area Of About
10000 Square Feet.

The steel superstrCcture of Steepiechase Park.
Coney Island was completed yesterday. and by the
end of this week that enterprise will be under
cover. George c. Tilyou said yesterday that he
hoped 10 throw 1t open for public inspection on
Easter.
Among the new attractions Mr. Tiyou has ar
ranged for the coming season are: The Merry
Willow" The Wabbler." The Hoop-l-a ran
Tan" Over and Under" RED and Black, Leap
Year" The Man of the Flower The Tube and
the Grinder SHORTLY" Lifting the Lid
Spiders Web" Niagara Falls "Agitator' and
Home Sweet Home"
As soon as this palace of fun is finished, Mr..
-,,,,o,, will begin the building of another enter
prise TO be known as The Palace of Pleasure. II
will front four hundred feet on Surf avenue and
have pavilion promenade the Bowery side
II will cost ,20ooo. and he expects to get about
s30a ngl A year in revenue from numerous conces-
New-York tribune., 1908-03-08
WILL STUDY FOREIGN LOAN SYSTEMS
Frank Bailey Sailed Yesterday from IRIS
Citv to Undertake That Task.

-, 1,o;o,- ,-icenresident of the Title Guar
antee and Trust Company ana president oi ,io
Realty Associates, sailed for tiVerpooi SeS'eioaS
ON the Crnard liner Mauretania for brief trip IN
England and France, during which ne VIII COIN
b;ra hueiness with pleasure to the extent OF d
s,ud,, of foreign systems of lending on real es-
tate with especial reference to the small hoioet'
home owner and oulldef 49,,
Mr Bailey said yesterday with reference ~ ~
subject
After experience of some in BTeoklvn
I am convinced that. because OF Brooklyn n POsi-
no will not that word because use it a Is aO diS IS
credited word at the present i order to af
ford better opportunity for the man. man o rS Sna nnt
to acquire ownership OF ntS tbTonnh his
In the Borough of Manhattan there are rTacdr fd,
cay no h6mes The territ1ry therfGrg, r al IoF
hope & bome rs m owner could at the
present time borrow money at the same rates pdl9
BY the large 6s ts three
the amount OF home construction would increase
cenId be better for the city whole than 70
the number Of its home the c"ndton pu that he
carnot borrow money excepting from priEate @ IIul
h sabiect As a whole TO the whim of the individual
who may call in his mGrsgage @ nds Men the expert
ences Of his friends about starting TO own mousse
,nIess he has the capital I'm hand to pay I9r II, -,
ui If Rrookvn were over Manhattan Island the
borrowing capacity of that properly even 1i al ohe
,,ripe would
iI-n hing merely appendage 10 Man hdttaL, is
IHn nrdino nstitltons and its capital is
largely in The larger borough. r ,o ~
" An increase IN the number Of small nome owl
o,e ,at only in Mania ttan but through the state,
would do much to improve the character ana CON
a-Uatien, Of the voters and thereby capital. as "a
nrhoia is gained While cttempts have been made
70 create better tenement houses that is only tne
49, Ton toward the Improvement Of the lndl-
HIst t1,he rext step must be the creation of
desire for a home and affording men an oppof-
tunitV TO home . -, H., ,o,,a,.
In France they have a systcn OF lending money
on bond and mortgage by which the rate OF inter,
ct ;S nearIv uniform the small proprietor ahd
whore he is no: compelled TO pay the principal nut
70 reduce il very gradually, that In the emo tfle
Io 10 is ogped free and clear by its occupant. II
Is such system | would Ike to see introductd
a. tbie cou3ry and | shall eudeavor while In Paris
r. become better acquainted with the system OF
mat great French concern which has done so nuch
toward the aiding of the French shldh man to ne
COME The pocket tbook of the world
New-York tribune., 1908-03-08
TO FIGHT DUNLOP WILL
Tscenty-tzro Heirs Call Physician
Mentally Unsound for Ten Years.

Should the will OF DR.. Clark w. Dunlop. who
died on Friday leaving nearly $1,000 900. be offered
for probate II will be contested by his twen-
ty-two nieces and nephews. They contend that he
was not of sound mind for the last ten years. Dr.
Dunlop figured in suit recently brought by his
heirs. who wished him to be declared incompetent
and who won. committee was appointed by the
court to take care of the estate but this COM
mittee had just begun work when Dr. Dunlop died.
DIR. J. Ramsey Hunt attended the pfr: sician since
December l. DIR. Hunts death certificate was a
matter OF great interest TO Gilbert Ray Hawes
who represents the heirs and who married one OF
the nieces. Mr.. Hawes In the forefront OF the
effort to have the physician pronounced an incom-
petent
DR.. Hunts certificate declared that DR.. Dunlop
died Of tabes dorsalis. or locomotor ataxia. and
from encophalo malaca. softening Of the brain.
These malades led to progressive exhaustion. which
ended his death.
A physician whose speciality is mental said
yesterday that death certificate meant that DR..
Dunlop had paresis at the time Of his DEATH and
that the court findings consequently were accurate
He also said that it would practically invalidate
any will that Or. Dunlop may have made In the
last ten years.
DR. Dunlop, it was charged at the time of the
suit, had been secretly removed to a curative
footgear" institute. He was taken from that place
and removed to his home. No. 112 West S6th street
where he died. His wife fought all the efforts or
the other heirs to have her husband placed under
the care of the courts. She is about seventy five
years old while he was sixty-three years old
Efforts to find out what the provisions of his
las. will Were met with check, the will will
no; be made public until after the funeral, which
will be held tomorrow at his home. The burial
will be the next day at Woodlawn. where DR..
Dunlop had a mausoIeum erected for himself and
his wife a of 100000. and which will be
decorated with busts of DR.. and Mrs. Dnnlop made
in Italy. But for the explicit character of the
death certificate there would have been an autopsy
performed. if Mr.. Hawes could have carried his
point
1t learned yesterday that DR.. Dunlop's last
will provided numerous bequests, the largest being
of slO9C00 to a religious body in which he in
terested. the Methodist Episcopal. The various
nephews and nieces. it learned, would not
under will receive much more than 5000 each
Dr. Dunlop born in Indianapolis and before
he came TO this city practised in Chicago, where it
is said he accumulated most O; his fortune.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-08
NINE. SCHUMANN-HEiNk RECITAL

Prosperity is not always a friend art, and it
is perhaps not fair to recall singing by Nine. Schu-
mann -Heink dating back o her less popular days
here that higher pleasure than that of her
recital yesterday afternoon In Carnegie Hall The
German contratos big voice effective
ever in broad phrases, but her lyric moments in
the stricter sense. were none too frequent, while
she was prone 10 exaggerate the songs embodying
dramatic suggestion. in which. of old, she was
the artist IT is be feared that Nine Schu-
-Heink is victim of that tendency to coarsen
ones scale of artistic Interpretation which Eng
lish critic once charged America with encouraging
in foreign visitors.
The contraltos programme yesterday was inter
esting. embracing songs of Schubert. Loewe. Men
delssohn Jensen. Hugo Bruckler. Chadwick and
others. Mrs. Katharine Hoffman sympa-
thetic accompanist, and there enthusiastic
audience.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-08
pAs7 MASTERS HOLD DINNER.

1,4,-I T. nm of Pcekskili, y. :, presided last
- tho dfth annual meeting and dinner OF
.ha past Masters Association of the l2th Masonic
I,is,rict held at the Hotel Manhattan
.,fttders were elected follows: president WIN
IAN, wood of Philipstown y. Y hTSt wee
49, Alexander WiI0x of New Rochelle:
,,,ir5 .,stca-presioent NJ. T. Getty, o, hohNeIs'
s,t, ,ice-presidenr. r B, Van kleek, OF "hi'e
r,,t.. eanrata1v j D. Rtchie, and treasurer
= n vanderbilt OF White Plains
The speakers included Justice Isaac NJ aiis o.. oi
A., S,nreme Court; Frank Har OF Poughkeepsie'
-yIIiam sherer, William Wood and Il = REeussesi
New-York tribune., 1908-03-08
THR0NG AT ANTIQUE ART SALE.
Three Days of Auction at Fifth Avenue Gal
leries Net S25, ,1497 IS.

\ great throng of art lovers gathered Al 'he
Fifth Avenue Art Galleries. No. 5f5 thth avenue
Yesterday afternoon, the closing sale or 'ne
Horace Townsend and Henry Dwlght "heeler GU
Isctions These brought a total yesterday VI
:. 600 * a,d tho antioue ewelry and other objects
Is 20, making total for the three days sale OF
s251fs75. -. -
The highest price paid yesterday was *2"''' i'f
nearl and diamond dog collar. T. > chadwick oo-
tanned for 500 a fVe-piece tapestry su'e " W
period of Henry ", and Brussels 'apeSus p
=. ,,a s,x,eantb cent1rv was sold to A. IL. Sels-
man for 500 J. de Young paid $3.50 for carved
wood bass relief of the same period. representing
Biblical passage