New-York tribune., 1908-04-05
GOSSIP OF THE BOROUGH
Theatre Manager Wos " arg OF
4 pyiI Fool Jokes.

So ,,-,,i.,,,s manager Of BIaneY's Theatre.
had a plan aIi mapped out Of how he vas gong ~
bsa4 tho iokers At tfeir OWN game OF April ! On
Wednesday morning - was called 10 'he fN'ie
src-rlv after his arrival AT The playhouse
Hello said 3 voice. Is this BlaneS s
Williams admitted that II WAS.
.-Tg,is is Police headquarters" said the voice
.Cne af the Russell brothers has Just been egged
10 death AT Bowling Green hE SIX members OF 'ie
A,,r5en5 order Of IfiberTI5arS. What shall We 90
with 1he body
Listen eai6 Williams. couapiacentiy- Tie the
I,od, % 3 rnr1c attach the tai end Of tug
loa- and drag il up and down The East River tor a
fox until the eggs are washed on Inc"
vol car bring me around tro quarter cigars
That's tl,e Way 10 trim them he said, as he
hung "a, the receiver and turne 70 greet stranger
I've been ~eat around he-e tell the manager
that o,.a ce his brosters has 6oen arrested lie
z=r1s zile .au2ger 10 come over 10 the Lee avenue
cou.z aad l5aI him ont
is that =cg' replied Williams We'll, tell the
hiinaster not to get Sc stuck on himself. Tell him
10 20 fy a kit"
This is no Joke expostulated the messenger
Go 'r-ar.'- said the nlanaEer-''you annoy me
Fifteen minutes later another man arrived.
-.Isox here Mr.. Williams" said he. I'm from
The Lee a1enHe court. one OF sour biposters has
been arrested and II you waat 20 get him out you
hustle
Oh. say retorted Williams. you fellows can't
catch an old bird like me. Go take a walk in the
park
Joe cone tHe treasurer vas worried if Will
ia11ls. was not, and he persuaded him TO take a
peek klto the court any way. The clerk met him
with the news that the b.llposter had got tired Of
waiting. and had pleaded guilty and had been fined
\ Nse Williams paid the fine.
The first section of the new college which the
Jesuit. Fathers are building Crow Hill viii be
readssfor use by the middle OF the summer. it is
believed The date for the formal opening Of the
college has been set for September l5 The Rev ]. T.
Y. 0Connor. who viii be the president, expects 10
begin work with five hundred pupils. When the
building is opened in the fall il will have only the
intermediate and nigh school departments. The
college department viii be opened later Father
O'CoFror has had couple Of three story buildings
erected the street from the school he
used as faculty rectcries They viii be ready by
June. There viii oe twenty instructors at first.
The rectories have a chapel with seats for three
hundred and another chapel VIII be opened with
the building in The <ali having seating capacity
of Six hundred Provision is being made 10 ac-
cornmodate rWentyone hundred pupils in the entire
school
Arrangements have been about perfected for q
pilgrimage TO Rome by number of Brooklyn
priests ana laymen when Pope Pins Y celebrates
MS golden jubilee. Already seventy-f1ve have said
they intended taking the trip. Bishop Mcdonnell
VIII head the delegation OF this number fifty are
priests. Monsignor Barrett. Bishop McDonne's
secretary is in charge % the details Passage for
the party has been obtained on the Slavonia The
delegation wili leave New York on April a. Mon
signer A-cNamara VIII be in charge 81 the diocese
while Bishop Mcdonnell IS abroad lie is the vicar
general and the pastor q 81 Joseph's Church
The trustees of The Brooklyn Institute Of Arts
and Sciences have made arrangements 10 enter the
new Academy OF Music an September J. All the
activities OF The institute VIII be conducted al the
academy after that cate. Beginning with October
l. The annual dues viii lie increased from s. to Sc
The institute announces that the exhibition of a
congessed district, copied from block Of the East
SIDE Manhattan. ana borrowed from the American
Museum Of Natural History. viii be on view 2t
Historical iiall. Perrepont and Clinton streets
from April 10 u Carret P Serviss Will deliver
the third ia bis course OF Illustrated lectures at As
sociaslen Hall on the afternoon ard evening Of
Saturday HIS tepic viii be Golden Venice"