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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1908-10-06
UN CONATO De lNCENDIO EN- F0NCE
En- la Ciudad no Cabra la gente en- Ia
manifestation uniOnist8 deIdia l8.
EI rGmate para COIOGaCi6n de 10 to-
IBERIA del aGueduCtO, Sc ha 8pIa-
Zad0.
Ode @We8tTO oOTTe8pONSal)

'OctubEo 3.-Anotho, entire once doCe
hubo un ConRt0 de inCGndio On ana casa
psEt9neciOnte al baFFio do Ia CantorR,
liOndO los p0CoB inRtSnteB GofocGdo pOT eI
aCtiVo CuGFp0 do bombOFog.
-Ss hACen gFRnde8 preparRtiv01 para
TGCibiF diguNmente & Lon oTRdoFSI , leaders
uni0niAtss q. de ea JUN yer dram & PsnC0
para GBiBtiC la paERdG nGONstrWG que %
IlOvAF6 q sfoCto el 18 del coFEients mes
So hRCe an pToblemO de diftCil BoluCi6n 0l
ConBVgUir an local plasD, CRpa8 para
ContensE Ia avalanche do unioniBtas que
dc Lon b0rEioB de POuce y rlayA han de
HBiOtir Rl pAtri6tiCo ACtO. No gs saba adn
el attic OlegidO para Ios mitiDgV que On Oas
dfa 90 OOlebEaFGn, pueO al tORtEO r0IultRTfS
szCoDivamOnts E0duCido = quadAEfa poF
c0nBiguiento deHluCid0 un Oot0 que, poP
10 gTAndieB0 imponent0, hREG eco On loB
SnOloB de Ponce.
Ante regular peFo OIO0gidG conCuEFOn'
Cia Bubi6 eBCSna sl doming0 en- Ia nochOl6
RplaudidS zRFsuelO, do m6git0 indiscutibI0,
Gel MilagrO de ID Vhgsn" Cuy0 intoEpEo'
tOCi6n q cargo do las pFim0TaB parties dc
10 Compahfs; foe muY feliz C080ChAndo
todoB m0TeCidfOimoB RplauBoB. Para 81
mGEtOI On lR noChs % anunoiR "LoH hiioU
do Eva, voTdAdsrS joyA del tSatrO sBpa'
mol, original do don Luis M0Ri0no dc
LARA m6sica de don Joaquin Gazsam'
bidg. So 08peER I'm complete l0no, sn
obBaquio tambisn lR empEeuR que no
omits gRUtoB para representa- las mejore8
obEan del repertoire GBpafioI.
Sc hA RplaEado, haStR nuGvs oEdOn
Ol EomAt0 do la ColoCaCi6n do 10 tubsFia,
del RCusduCto, que he de NbnutoCor de
sguS bsrEioa entsTo1 gus, en- 10 aOtuAIi'
dad, CAEsCen do tan Indispensable Glmento.
OpcEtunamsnts 90 AviIarG 81 dis del
E8mnte
-ss snOuontrs en- MOyOgtsz en- Auun'
toB pFofssionRlaD, d gGii II RRmiFsE Nadal,
tutz de Pas do eatR CfudBd. ="
-HA side n0mbTado pFs1identa del dis
tiOguido club de MfioEaB dofia Carmen
BnFn6u de subirf. La nusva difeCtiva 10
CompouGn: Vicsprenidsntan, dons Maria
L1guua do DapGns y dofiS Maria PARA
de Sanchez MontGlVO; T0s0F0F0, saflorita
Sara Rasaly; IeCEotArin, Baf1OEita OaElota
EmanuslIi.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1908-10-06

Aver 20 vic en- la CoEta de diatrito do
estR CiudRd 81 juiCio poE juFado contra eI
jov0n TFididad Miranda, aUusado pOr el
dalito de tentative de osCaIamieutO CON in.
OenCi6n do mAtAF al jGven Mariana Villa
MIA.
La dtfsn8a del pFoCeHado estuvo & cargo
del abogado Befi3F Quintin NegE6n San.
jGEjO, Ol que con una eloCu0nCi8 gumn, y
fuadamentoB dc d0E0Cho llsv6 al Gnimo del
iuEado la inoCenCiR del dafondid0, ERayen.
do este Qu vsTediCto DC no OuIpAbl0 por
l0ouFa.
Tres m6diCOO infoFmaFon sobEe 81 satRdo
mental dol PEoOsBado en ol aCb0 do llsvRR
& cabo eI heCho oEigon de aptOg.
El doctor Font y Guillot y 81 doctor
Bbes. goBtuVi0E0n qu0 Gl PRoCsgAd0 TFini'
dad Miranda, 30 hRllaba sn natado eas
vsFoad0RR e0nOiaDCia 10 n0Chs qua 90 lie
v6 & CRbo 90 datsnCi6n poF 81 dalitO "a OK
pFssSdo; p0FO 81 Rli0niSta doctor GosDpgs,
nOmbRad0 p0r 10 dafonss, pRcb6 CON datGB
cisnhf 900 = con aygumantos iERefntablGs
que q MiAFndR tsnfa poFtuTbRdaB aug f..
C0ltRd0B intalaCtu8lOB en 10 noCho indiCadR,
pOFqpa del exGmsn que hizo do dicho in
dividuo ol dis 6sspu6B de 10 dstOnci6n dc
6Gts, ROau't6 que 81 cOnaidsFabB iETOuponIa'
bic de todo dG'itO aI BusOdiCh0 Trinidad
Miranda. l
FalicitOmou al abogado mn Qaintin
NtgE6n .saDiugjO, pOE hsbsE Obtsnido IN
tFiuufo ca o. hsEmoEa cSREsFaD uniGnd0
nuaatFO9 dogsoB dc q. obtsDga Ga 10 suCe1iyo
nusvOg lauFoU. =..~...
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1908-10-06
DE TEATRO

Un divoEtidO oBpOoldOulO fac oI do ano'
che en- 81 taatr0. -
Lau psliCula1 psHAEon CON damRCiadR
lentitud, aunquo bonitaB, para dRE pRBo 81
final de lal tRndaB, que e. 10 mas mOVido
= saRagatOFo.
81 trio Sold fO6 muy spIsudido. Las
muChaChitRS E0yaFon 4 gran altuEa. HobEO
tSdO, On II parts mas oulminants dc RuB
papaleB, On para sWbir Gl cieIO-se neeCnigG
-Una saca;eRa gsands-y OtFs ehiQNita.
ChiquilIRs
La RsquGnS G8tuv0 muY queda an0ChS,
J COmGdidR, On 81 dsNsmpafio do 30 PapeI,
on el bails RndAluz que paEtS coEazORs1 de
pisdFaR.
Muy Ealada Ia E meyaIaa. LIS ptbreB
GuaRimodoB aBi 10 dsClaFaban.
Los doGettistaS, ROsptRblsg.-
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Dc hEIhSlEGaG.

Avigamog & las psrsOnas, que
solicitan suscribiTse & este diar
rio, que 81 peri6dioO NO les sara
enviado, 81 81 ayisO que CON IA
objetO remitan, no Vfeno aOOml
panado del impOrts de ID sus-
CripCi6n. ...->
ta vale Por m trimestrO
2.25. Por IN semeStre $3.50.
.BoF IN a6o $500. Paq0 an.
ticip0dO. -.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1908-10-06

moVimionto , la gKistaneia de Condi ionaB
p0euliaEg8t (calaeteEii'Sliic a@tas Am6Eioa
Latina la6 CusIsa qdiEk1 no paEmitan
apEoximar laG disGuuionel 4 Il ffanqloza
que CaEaCt9Eiz8 Lac aBamblGlg dc EuEoa
8 katad0g Unidoa % innsgahlg qua ID
oFoEtuniaad paEa un camdio de Opini0nG1
= txPoEtenCiaB RsE6 muCh0 mss ggRnde o.
taI CongEego que Ias OonfGFanOiaB On lar
oualss olemsntoB diqlOmGsicol tisnon IN
pap0l mayor. ,.s* ss
CV6aas ls lsdiei6n do msfiafG.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1908-10-06
CABLES De HOY
observation-disclosures ataEaadOs con
ell 8XCGSO de COHeSoOndeDCia.
Bu8l record del aeTOnauta
Wilbur Wight. en- lsmans.
L8 PlsDsa de- Paris Pasimista ante Ia
"a Cuesti60 De 0rient8. "
Los pueltOS VGleZ0lanOS pTeBaraabO'
Sc para Bn case de Guerra.

Londrsu. Oetubro 6.-LH eficinR do co.
EFO0H de eatR capital 20 We AbaEFotsdG do
tFabOjO dsSdo que Es inioi6 ls reduction del
ffauquGo Arglo.ameri0ane sa tFabRja con
tods actividad y, poaRP do Ii expeFienCiR
do los emploRdos y del aunentO de psRaO'
nal, e. impossible responder s an aslviCio
tan Edpido = e6CiGnte como 10 dsssan/ Los
j6fan dal Eamot Estes tiand0n 6 Ia dGfioi'
tiva organization del seEvioio, pOEo como &
ps8aF de que han entrAdo Cd este nusvoB
0mplaadoD en- bRBtanta ndmSRO, la oOFFsA'
pondsnCiG aumeDtR 81 triple, 8sEd precise
RumsntAT tambi6u en- mayor ndm0F0 al de
loB nuevos smplsadOg. Sc Bupons que 'sDtO
miSmO oCuEEs on lRH oticinaB do OOEEso8 de
loo Entadog UnidoB.
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PORTO RICAN EXPRESS COMPANY
sERvICIO DE EXPRESS POR LA LINEA DEL TROLLEY
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sERvIO1O DE EXPRESS POR DEL TROLLEY
Dos DEE san dariamne; q n.
muchaS
e pueden
c0peidore
sguen ell Bidema antique de ranspOrtea"
devOlvemO dine Emin
tesin prdida
Sc inormes tarfas mediane SiGtud
Ctvs 2b 80 lb. 30 CtV. 100 lb. 75
eque los de Ia COmpahfa
microbes ada de
pores) las 83O a m
LIBROsde
Pabeon del Bonquen Hotel Las Pal4 eo
als. oscualesu uan Ia agoray de
ndm
SeFvef oseRuro. PFeCiO
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1908-10-06

"A 10 1.8O do Ia taEdo De hoy, mnrca'
bB 81 toFm6mGtF0 de- Lac 0fcinaa do "I0
OoEEogQOndenCiA", una temperature do
92.O F, Eco & h GombER.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1908-10-06

Un triuBfo del abOgad0 Nsgr6n San
faFjO.
EI JdleIO got IOrOdO contra .al IOVOn Trinidad
nIgaRGl.
Ia def0RS8 pF0b6 coo 81 bIllllRie lRfOTmO Y OI DO
10 aIIsDIStl que MIGaRdO tORIa DOrtulbldaS
SuS f0euIta10S IRtOIOGluaI0S.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT OF PORTO RICO.
sUBAsTA PUBLICA.
BIENEs INMUEBLEs

sUBAsTA PUBLICA BIENEs UyMUEBLEs
En- la COturfa d
de 1908
tOdOs bnes par para
Las buc embargad habr ragadO
deb tempo las COnibucOne vencdas los Ley Rene
PROPIETARIOs Description PrOpead COntbucones gastot
apoxmadOA
PRINIERA sUBAsTA.
cuerlss barrio
Domingo 2cuerdas barioC Culebr
Maria A Martinez 25
Andres cuerdasb sbarioC
Andres cuerdas barioN
Pueden detales
Ell
del
das dgu@es Caye Rico
(signed) Rafael Taonesza-COleco:
Aprobado D. R. Dx-Acng Treasurer
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1908-10-06

Leman4 FrsnCi0, OCtubro Gel aeEO'
nEutR Wilbur Wright, que 90 hRIlR On
cate punto hRCiond0 Gxp0EimentOu con "a
aeFoplGno, 90 oIsV6 CON IN pAgsgsro du'
EAnte CinCusnta minutes hSCi0nd0 IN re-
oorrido de S6 millAl On diCho OOrto sSpR'
Gin de tempo. Este "rOC0Fd" que 0l
asroT auta CO1BidOrS eBpl6ndido y que On
loB clubs A6FsoB hR dsBpsEtRdo muCho en-
tuBiIBmo pOF 81 invsnt0, 10 spE0xima Z 10
FOquoEidO pom el Oj6ECito dc Lon EAtadon
Unidoa para IL AequiSiCi6n- dc sEan mGqui'
uRB do voIaT. Los hermauoH OIviIl0 en-
Los EEtadoD UnidOs Wilbur On FERncia
diIponsn!de un pIaEo de nuevs mo8o1 para
BuS GxpsEim0ntO1 y COTrRE % nGgOCiaci6n
dc "a invOnto con 81 gobierno do Was
hiDgton.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1908-10-06

- 90 imPR9n6a g Vead0 papal 20.
PaEi6dioo vtaiG & 8200 Lee A8 kfla1 Clla
qUiataE) ~z>~
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1908-10-06

Paris, OCtubeO 6.-La prOnEa de GstR
capital , IR do LondrO8 Rmbas Afoctan
complete poBimiBmO ante 0l GsVgO do
los aOOntsCimientOB On 0Eisnto por Ia agi'
tACi6n de Bulgaria. PrOdiOOn IoD grandGa
diRriO8 dc ssta capital y do LOndFsB, 10
guerra turCo-bd'gSFa, mOnOB q. oil pFfnoi'
PO Fernando vuslvB 6obEo BuB PsgoB YcOn'
aidOre detenidamenta-Ie intenci6n de pro-
OlamGFIa Gear dc BUleaPin inoluyOndo &
la Rumeli0 Oriental, So cree que, Gi
Bulgaria 90 0Fige, como RumnnfD, On ED'
tado independents, 81 Austria, de mRnsPa
iDmediSts, Bs'ansxaF6 IoB SntiguoB ES'
tadoB vRgsIIos dc Turqufs, BoBnia y Her
EegOvina, sobFe log CuRIGB hB6tA ahoFa no
oieFcG Bino IL iEfu0nCiR miIitAF que Ie
gr0DiOREG Ol trAtRdo do Berlin do 1873.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1908-10-06

Caracas, OotubFo 6.-Do oFdon del pre-
lidente Castro, 20 hA diBpusSto que todOB los
pu0EtOI de mar do 10 FspdbIioR BS pEspAEen
con anticipation para On COGo de guerra con
Hollands. El pEslidsnts tsno que el gabi
n0te do La HOy0 declare do un momonto
8 OtrO Ia guerra 4 Vsnsguala, pps1 no 90
hSllR digpuGBto dNr expIioRCiOngI de MIN
g6n g6nOr0 rospeCto de 10 sxpul1i6n del
mipintFo holand6I Herr do ReuB. Hay
gran GxcitACi6n On Puerto CabOIlo, 10
G0OyFR, Oar6pano = Otro8 puo1toB que 10
oE6H H0F6n AtRcRdoI por bAFCOs dc guerra
de HolandR.
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10 Correspondence do Pu0rt0 Rico

PREGI0S De SUSGRIPGlOa En- TODR La lSlA.
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(POr ell professor w. R. Shepherd Universi-
dad de Columbia de N0eya York. Tra-
du lido del "OutlOOk.") r.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-12
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

What the police believe to be n Black Hand at
tempt to purn the six story tenement house at No
~ Chryste street, occupied by nearly two hundred
persons was frustrated yesterday afternoon by a
Mrs Rothsten. She saw two strangers come out
Of the house. She became suspicious. and
tering the hallway smelled smoke. 1t was traced
TO the home of Pellegro Marino. The fire put
out with little damage 1t is understood that the
Marines have been receiving threatening letters
Justice Dowling. in the Supreme Court. yesterday
set March the day for the trial OF David l..
Short and Morris Meyers, indicted far forgery and
perjury IN the Albert T. Patrick Robert NJ.
Moore. their lawyer. protested against the setting
OF such early date. saying that the
seven years old and that it would take two or
three months at least to prepare the defence and
get ready for the trial
The eight Italians arrested in the raid at No 30
East 32d street Monday arraigned yesterday
In the Tombs court and held in $500 bail each for a
further examination tomorrow. The prisoners are
charged with conspiracy and extortion.
Dr. George NJ Gould of Philadelphia will lecture
The History of the House; or The Struggle
for Light and Air. in the Thompson Building of
Teachers College. this afternoon al o'clock.
Nicholas McCue. fifty years old died yesterday
afternoon at ST. Nincents Hospital from Injuries
he received earlier in the day, when he fell from
the fourth floor of No. e Renwick street where he
engaged In removing the dabris from the
building which was badly burned recently
New-York tribune., 1908-02-12
MISS BlATCH ENGAGED.

The engagement IS announced Of Miss Nora
Stanton Blatch. daughter Of w II. and Harriet
Stanton Blatch. TO DR. Lee de Forest. of wireless
telegraph fame
Miss Blatch was graduated IN 1908 q civil
engineer at Cornell. tie first and only woman to
win the degree Of c 7. at that institution.
Soon after graduation, while engaged in design
tug structural ironwork for the American Bridge
Company. the American Society OF Civil Engineers
broke ali precedent by electing Miss Blatch to
membership. For the last year Miss Blatch has
heen with the New York City Board Of Water
Supply.
graduated from Yale IN 1894 end received Ph. D.
from the same university IN 1897. He is a MEM
Der OF the Yale Club. the Society Of Electrical
Engineers and other scientific societies. He has
done work In wireless telegraphy. but for some
yesre has devoted himself 70 the newer problems
Of wireless telephoning.
Tho wedding. which will take place in the near
future. VIII be private. only the immediate rea-
New-York tribune., 1908-02-12

ciey of Bohemia. He was dean OF the faculty or
pure science at Columbia from 1892 10 1898. and
practically established the department of zoology
at that university.
One of the most noted explorations for the mu-
scum conducted by Professor Osborn was the in-
vestigation the extinct vertebrate fauna of the
West when the evolution of the horse estab-
lished. being shown that Number of separate
nails finally dissolved into the hoof the one
toe nail on which the modern horse walks In this
discovery Professor Osborn filled in many needed
facts his original horse being creature similar
a large dog.
As vertebrate paleontolosist Professor Osborn
helped materially to fill in many gaps IN the geo.
logical discoveries made by the national survey.
Since he declined the secretaryship of the Smith
sonian Institution he has carried all his work
from the Museum OF Naterai History head
quarters, ana at times has had five expeditions in
the Held once. in search of material. He has
written hundred and nifty papers OF, zool-
ogy. comparative anatomy and psychology, setting
forth the results OF his discoveries. He is the
author also OF From the Greeks Darwin pub
lished in 1894
New-York tribune., 1908-02-12
ALGIERS

The healthiest known Winter Resort. with OF
O9erest strangers than be found In other
o0unfxy. Newly fnaugurafed 10000 ~. G. Lloyd
twin ships regular service between New York
Gibraltar and AiGiefs-
New-York tribune., 1908-02-12
THE NAUGHTY WIND.
City Fathers You'd Harness the
Breczes That Flutter Skirts.

Although the ordinance against women smoking
In public places has gone up in smoke and remains
only as yapory halo around the heads of the city
fathers, Mrs Belle de Rivera thought IL necessary
TO warn the Society for Political Study, at the
Hotel Astor yesterday afternoon that il need not
expect this public spirited body to discontinue lis
efforts to regulate the conduct of the women or
the metropolis Its recent effort to restrain the
subway breezes which take undue liberties with
female skirts proves, she thinks, that the board
intends TO be unremitting in its attention to duty
along this line.
1t that the strong drafts in the suo-
way elevators on Washington Heights futter the
vomens skirts said Mrs. de Rivera. and this
causes moral fiutterings in the men WHO Witness
the spectacle. They say il causes embarrassment
and they want to harness the wind that bloweth
where it Hsteth but they have not yet done any
thing about the Flatiron breeZes. 1t seems 10 me
that | have seen some skirts futtering there. And
here an awful thought comes TO me. over IN
Prussia a woman may be fined s. 30 il her skirt
touches the ground supp aldermen should
take it into their dear heads only to restrain
the wind that futters skirts but to regulate
the length of those skrtsg''
Mrs de Rivera talking about current events,
alluded also to the case of Mrs Harriet stan
ton BIatch against the Hoffman House.
while the newspapers gave account of this
case which was literally correct she said, they
conveyed an entirely erroneous impression.
while the verdict for the defendant. said
Mrs de Rivera Mrs. Blatch did not lose her
case She established the principle that hotel
at any time of the day night is obliged to serve
point of the defence that such service was
not refused l pointed this out to the lawyer for
the defence afterward, and he said, Madam, you
are perfectly right"
New-York tribune., 1908-02-12
GIRLS HOTEL SOON.
City "Fed,s" Project to- Start in
Small Way-Clubs to Fit IN Rooms

Socialism, tuberculosis, the right of unescorted
women to eat at any hotel at any time. democracy,
and the proposed hotel for working girls a
few of the things discussed at the meeting of the
Womens Republican Club. at the Hotel Plaza yes
terday afternoon Speaking of the working girls,
hotel which has been the darling project of the
City Federation of Womens Clubs for long time.
Mrs. James Griswold Wentz said that at last 5000
had been collected and the hotel was soon to be
started in small way.
The clubs have been asked to furnish the rooms"
she said. IF each club would do one room-S25
would cover the cost-seventy- weight could be
fitted up
The Woman's Republican Club decided to become
responsible for
In regard to socialism Mrs. Wentz said it
time for to take a decided stand against it.
Not long ago." she went on Mrs. Rose Pastor
Stokes. at meeting at Cooper Union, spoke in
glowing praise of the red flag. A challenge has
gone forth for to stand that platform
and speak for the Stars and Stripes. Women
should stand for the good of women, and especially
OF children. Socialism would take children away
from their parents, to be cared for by the State.
and under socialism. if didn't like his wife
he could go and take another
Then Mrs. Wentz turned 10 the recent OF
Mrs. Harriet Stanton Biatch agt. the Hoffman
House and said she thought the time had come
when should be allowed 10 eat when and
where they chose. She told a story she had read
of a young woman. who arriving alone and late at
night In New York vainly sought admission at
every hotel in Broadway. and was forced to end
the night bench in the Park. whether that
story was true not" she said that thing might
happen TO any one of u.s. Something ought be
done about it
Mrs. William Cumming Story thought it was
dreadful, but that that girl would have been much
safer if she had gone and slept in the Grand Cen
tral Station instead OF in the Park
James II. Mickey gave talk on True and False
Democracy" He compared President Roosevelt to
Lincoln and Washington, and the women applauded
tremendously
Mrs. Minerva Toby of Boston, spoke on The
Prevention of tuberculosis
New-York tribune., 1908-02-12
SCIENTIST PRESIDENT.
Professor Osborn Chosen Head Of
Museum of Natural History.

With the election of Professor Henry Fairfield
Osborn. the American Museum of Natural History
has chosen for the first time president scientist
instead of business man. Professor Osborn was
the second vice-president of the museum under
Morris X. Jesup and under J. Perpont Morgan, and
directed the annual explorations for vertebrate
fossils in the West as well as in foreign countries.
The expedition to the Fayum Desert, in Egypt.
made possible by Mr.. Jesup, of the latest
archaeological researches conducted by Professor
Osborn. lie became Da Costa professor of zoology
at Columbia University in 1909. and has been for
years curator of vertebrate paleontology of the
American Museum of Natural History. Largely
through his efforts it that the New York
Geological Park founded.
In December. 1906 Professor Osborn was elected
secretary of the Smithsonian Institution but de-
cIned to accept the office. he then actively
engaged In the vertebrate explorations for the
United States Geological Survey geologist and
paeontoogist which Office he still holds.
After a preliminary education in Lyons Collegiate
Institute and Princeton College. from which he was
graduated in 1871 Professor Osborn studied for two
years in the College of Physicians and Surgeons
and at Bellevue Medical School. Then he studied
biology under Balfour in Cambridge, Huxley IN
London and Zittel in Munich before joining the
fossil explorations TO the Northwest.
Professor Osborn has. been at different times
vertebrate paeonto of the Canadian Geology
cal Survey president of the American Society of
Naturalists second vice president of the New YORK
Academy of Sciences president of the American
Morphological Society and of the Marine Biological
Association. He is president and trustee or the
BrearIey School, vicepresident and trustee OF the
New York Geological Society and Il member of the
National Academy of Sciences. the Philadelphia
Academy of Sciences. the British Association for
the Advancement OF Science. the Geological Society
of London. the Literary and Philosophical Society
of Manchester. the Cambridge Philosophical Society,
the Imperial Society of Moscow and the Royal So
New-York tribune., 1908-02-12
FOR PUBLIC GARDENS.
Florer Guild to Cooperate suth
Charities Department.

Al the eleventh annual meeting Of the New hork
City branch of IN. National Plant, Fruit and
Flower Guild. held yesterday afternoon at the
horn. Q. Mrs James Roosevelt, No 600 Madison
srenu. Robert W Hebberd Commissioner of
Charities said that he hoped for a close co-opera-
tion between the guild and his department
II am glad" he said. TO accept the guilds offer
TO improve the grounds around our institutions ny
giving them more gardens. New York people
ought not TO leave their charitable institutions SO
much in fhe hands Of paid officials. Officials are
spt TO become bureaucratic.
New York City has five hundred acres Of land
devoted 10 the poor. Bleekwelis Island has three
hundred acres and il has been Nilfully neglected
IS TO buildings and II grounds L would be
glad If this guild would appoint committee TO
cooperate in making the grounds bit less barren
over there. In Europe when they build hospital
they look after the grounds first and the bullo-
,nes afterward. / would willingly employ a land
rczpe gardener. and spend money to make Black
wells Island less dreary. 1t has been suggested
that New York make park of Blackwells Island
and put the hospitals somewhere else Let us IN
stead make a hospital park Of Biackwens Island
Dr. Laidlaw talked on The Guild and Vacation
Schools.
-.f7resh sir work for children isn't charity" he
said. III is Justice hare justice. II IS pedagogical
wisdom 20 bring children into contact with coun-
NV life and it social wisdom 20 look out for the
welfare Of tho comroner.
we cant have school farms the East Side
take tho children in patches Of twenty-five to the
country every summer afternoon and lot hem have
their gardens there The plan Is surely feasibe-
II orl- we can convince the authorities that it ls
inst as easy 70 put children into trolley car and
take them the country II IS 10 put them IN an
elevator and take them TO vacation school at the
ior, Of q building the thing is done
I'm sorTy for the children Of the East Side" Dr.
l.aidlau added. The children who grow up where
the buildings won't let them see the stars and the
paverlents won't let the lilies grow at their feet
Think II these children could spend the summer
afternoons in the country. what difference II
would make in their little souls, The problem to-
day is not TO bring people into the Church. but TO
show people that they live in Gods world
Miss NacCall spoke The Guild and the Set
tlenent" Mre John Sherman Hoyt, president Of
the guild, presided
There are more splendid country houses around
New York City, she said, than in any district
OF the same size in the world Think If we could
have flowers from all those gardens what we
could do,''
Mrs Hoyt asked her hearers TO forget that
the guild needed money. We won't pass hat
che said .'but remember the hat is waiting for
you"