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New-York tribune., 1908-07-05

countryside, not one of them would fail to visit
a neighboring vacant lot equipped with ap-
paratus for playing games if opportunity offered
New York has all kinds Of Fairgrounds. rang
ing from the roof and basement Fairgrounds on
and in the schoolhouses to Seward Park, with its
variety Of opportunities for enjoyment. In
cluded in the list in the course of a few days
viii be found several occupying vacant lots A
ous boroughs by the Metropolitan Parks Asso-
ciation
New York. however. has not carried the play
ground idea so far, made such good use of
its opportunities in this respect have some
other cities. For instance. in some of the Chi
caso Fairgrounds there are fine buildings, in
which the children can play when the weather is
Tot favorable for outdoor sport. There are wad-
iry pools. Children and many of their elders
may know nothing of the Kneipp cure. but re-
garding the joys Of dipping the bare limbs into
the cool, refreshing water of pool or stream
there is no division of opinion The Chicago
plavgrounds also contain ball fields.
AT Boston the idea has been expanded until 1t
includes people of all ages. This is styled max
ing marks an aggressive social factor. The city
r,ro,-ides seaside parks where adults, well as
children. can get wi1iff of sea-cooIed air and
an opportunity TO bathe in the surf at a cost not
exceeding the trifle charged for the use of towel
and suit This year Boston will add to the twen-
ty-seven parks, comprising three hundred acres,
which are used Fairgrounds. twenty-eight
others, to be under the direction of the Board of
Education The sum of 100000 will be expended
on them.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-05
PLAYGROUND DAYS.
c;rt,,-s;r Cities NosV ProUide CMl-
dren's Recreation Places.

-,. movement TO provide Fairgrounds for city
-, according TO recent reports. is spread
,7,x- throughout the United States. Sixty
80 20 ,.,as are already conducting Fairgrounds,
.ha correspondence received recently at the
A-,.,,o-tars Of the National Playground Asso-
-, IN this city shows that 162 other cities
.,,e;Sering the subject. Lee T. Hammer, the
-, -onreseutative Of the National Playground
.--.,ist;oD- who has just returned from trip
. 81 pacffc Coast in the interest Of the play
-,,ra movement, says that the cities Of Cali
s-.o have set aside recently S1,3S6,000 for
,o,,ds Of this amount San Francisco has
l-r-or-iated S741.0o0 for sites and equipment
= ci,an tbe playground commission $4,000
-,o;r+enance this year. Oakland has decided
a. r,sns 100000 for parks and Fairgrounds,
"a Alameda has voted S125,9o0 for play
.-ornss. Palo Alto and Berkeley are also con-
e.,.-ing +be establishment of Fairgrounds
Not only is the number of Fairgrounds grow
a., h,,. Ways Of making them Of greater service
&C heing constantly discovered. New forms of
,,,rsar,ert are being added. The value of
.-,,as e1,neryisors for Fairgrounds has been
,.,Oc,izsd In the establishment Of courses Of
..5v in normal schools for their training.
T,s,a is a great dearth Of teachers Shortly a
-,,i.l committee Of the Playground Associa-
,ion headed by DR.. Clark Hetherington. OF the
1rniversity Of Missouri. viii issue suggestive
.o-se NJ study for normal schools and universi-
,ios Such courses viii be OF especial value TO
corege students, rs they viii open doorway TO
sr,,,oyrnent through the summer vacation at
n,easant and comparatively well paid work
A hundred thousand persons more or less,
svo;a New York in the summer time, and few
vim are anxious 10 accomplish something by
s.aving in town lie back in their Office chairs
.ns say they can do nothing because everybody
is .,out Of town" It is only necessary to walk
through Mulberry Bend Park to discover that
m. all the houses in the city are vacant, or at
least if they are it is simply because every one
Is in the street. enGeaToTinS to get tie draft Of
air which could not find its way through the in
terior. maze Of passages and compartments styled
halls and rooms for want OF more accurate
terms While some Of the youngsters playing
m the hard asphalt surface may be out OF
town" for a couple Of weeks in the course OF the
sumner as the guests Of some fresh air fund,
and some Of the others may be like ArdeIia- who
thought arslYa1yk" was The place for her, because
uf the unfamiliar and terrifying noises of the
New-York tribune., 1908-07-05

In New York some of the small parks are
equipped with gymnastic apparatus for persons
Of all ages, but these are so small in number as
to be within the reach of comparatively few
Mr. Bradstreet of the Metropolitan Parks AS
sociation, recently pointed cut to Tribune rep
resentative a number OF things which he be-
lieved could be done by the city at small expense
to make several of the parks much more service
able to the public than at present Mulberry Bend
Park he said, hardly did more than serve as an
open space. Once week band concert is
given. The public. however. is confined to the
walks. the slender supply of green grass, which
is perhaps, of less value than space for the full
exercise of the bodies OF the men, women and
children who find shelter in the crowded build
ings of the neighborhood being kept inviolate.
The erection of great awnings which would pro
vide shade would be great boon to mothers and
children. The small park at CorearS HOOK.
which was intended to be riverside park. fails
to it's purpose, because raInShacAle
fence which could be removed for 81 ~, shuts
off the park from the waterfront and serves as
a rendezvous for lire of trucks. only Dy TAX
ing seats on the trucks can a person sec the
river at night from the park. The excuse gwen
for not conn letting the park as planned, MI
Rradstreet says. is that the city has no money,
I,ut only 2 small sum would be needed t. Tc-
move the fence and thus add materially to the
enjoyment of the people while they are waiting
for the final improvements. The front OF the
Harlem River. Mr.. Bradstreet thinks, might DE
filed in to the bulkhead line. and water PARKS
provided il this way. This would make it more
feasible to furnish boats for rowing on the HaT-
lem at a more reasonable fee than that charged
hv rrivate boat owners. He would also have
the city through the Park Department. take
direct charge of the hiring Of boats along tee
shores of Pelham Bay Park, instead of selling
the privilege to private clubs and indiEldCals-
There should be more sites for camps.
At the present time the Park Department has
set aside SPACE for only one hundred and fifty
tents for these who would like to camp out in
Pelham Bay Park. According to Mr.. BTadstreet,
applications for this privilege, which is free,
have heen received from six hundred Would-be
campers. and the number would have been
larger had it not been for the fact that there
seemed to be no possibility of u favorable re-
sponse to them. Mr.. Bradstreet also THINKS
there should be places designated in some of the
marks where these who bring luncheons could
c5t down to eat them. These things have been
stvled aggressive social service, the idea being
to reduce the tendency to congestion by giving
people taste of the joys of another kind OF lie.
the life of the open air.
One of the reasons why Fairgrounds provided
by public effort in greater demand In New
York than once was the case is that owners or
vacant lots have found a source of profit in the
New-York tribune., 1908-07-05
SELF-DEFENCE.

"I tell you. Binks what THAI boy OF yours
needs is a thoroughly sound thrashinS.
81 don't believe in corporal punishment
what? Do you mean to say you never whip
that boy. B.nks?'
"No-o," replied Binks. after some hesitation.
THAT is. never except in self-defence- "-Har-
per's Weekly.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-05
now he GOT THE IDEA.

Ma
yes, dearest; what is it?
Did you get my baby sister at the groccry?"
''Of course not What ever put such an idea
in your head?"
1T says on the grocer's wagon. Families Sup
piled '"-Judge's Library.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06
Millionaire Sportsman to Wed Actress

been reported engaged before, or that
there was anything new in his ardent
interest in affairs histrionic In fact,
there was period when he was very
devoted to Miss Russell, and was seen
much in her company along the classic
walks Of Bay Ridge.
But then, it seems, he was only
slightly bruised by the shafts of Eros,
whereas now the dart has ripped right
through his waistcoat, twin dart in
f1icting a similar wound in the bosom
of Miss Edna McCauley.
Mr.. Lewisohn recently gave an ex
elusive little banquet Miss McCauley
was present and so were several of her
intimate friends and several intimate
friends of the millionaire. The occa
sion, it is said, was to serve as a fare
we'll to single blessedness and during
the height of the jolly little dinner
the couple confessed their happiness
and fixed the marriage day. The wed.
ding, according to friends of Mr.. Lew.
isohn, will be very quiet and after the
ceremony the bride and bridegroom
will sail to Europe for their honey
moon, visiting on the other side Oscar
Lewisohn, Jesse's brother and Oscars
attractive wife, who was Miss Edna
Nav
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06

NEW YORK.-Mrs. Russell Sage has
~ new velvet carpets in her home,
e32 Fifth avenue, soft, rich and beau
tiful, with deep, thick pile into which
the foot sinks.
L am glad" said woman who has
known Mrs. Sage for years, that she
could have these velvet carpets before
she died. In all the years of her mar
ried life down at the house at 5O6
Fifth avenue, she had nothing except
an ancient Brussels carpet on her par
lor floor. 1t was one she had when she
first went to keeping house and had
those great, set medallions in it that
they used to use for carpet patterns
40 years ago. The nap was worn off
all over it, so that the brown warp
showed through
when it finally got so bad that it
was impossible to use it longer, mat
ting was put down in the parlor, as
1t long had been in the rest of the
house. She always used the old horse
hair furniture she had when she was
married, such as one saw in country
parlors 40 years ago, and there were
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06
At | the I National . i Capital
Gossip of People and Events
Gathered in Washin9ton
Dance to Mark Social Debut of Ethel

OF state was not invited, and, in gen.
eral, that rule will be followed this
year. Miss Roosevelt is only 18 years
old, and the guests will probably be
the youngest assemblage of the kind
that ever gathered in the White House.
The fact that the dance will be
given during the holidays means that
a special effort will be made to have
on hand Miss Roosevelt's school
friends from New York and the COL
lege mates of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.
Her brother will come to Washington
for rne occasion, and Miss Christine
Roosevelt and Miss Dorothy Roosevelt,
cousins Of the debutante, are also ex-
pected.
In all, about 200 young New York
ers will be invited. At least that
number was present at Miss Alice's
debut, and the president has been
careful that his children should not
weaken their affiliations with their
New York friends. Young Theodore
will bring with him a number of his
Harvard college mates, and perhaps
one or two of the friends he has made
since going into the carpetmaking
business. The list of those to be in
vited is almost completed, and the in
vitations will be sent out very shortly.
The debut of Miss Roosevelt is ex-
pected to introduce a very gay win
ter at the capital Since the marriage
of Miss Alice Roosevelt to Congress-
man Nicholas Longworth in 1906, the
White House has been voted dull
place by young people,
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06

A "PREPARATOR" is now wanted
"a by the bureau Of entomology of the
United States department of agricul-
ture to assist in making the bug busi-
ness profitable to the government or to
the rural communities. The ruralists
have found that they had a legal ex-
cuse to advance the prices on eggs be-
cause the bug crop was cut short by
the dry weather, and there were no
bugs for the chickens to eat.
So the preparation is to prepare bugs
for chicken feed and other uses. At
the civil service examination to be
held soon embryo perpetrators will be
required to assemble ten specimens of
lepidoptera that will be furnished
them and the one who succeeds in
matching the dissected pieces of the
ten bugs will be entitled to the price,
which is position at $50 month and
board yourself or beat the landlady.
Those who fail in the examination
will be entitled to admission to the
bughouse on the proper presentation
of credentials. Another examination
will be held for applicants for the po-
sition of aid In the division of insects
of. the National museum. This depart
ment pays better salaries than the de-
partment of agriculture, as the salary
is SIS q month. The government also
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06
Blase Bachelors of National CAPITAL

carriage for them as well. You might
add a bunch of American beauties be-
Sides" the girl laughed sardonically,
'and handsome souvenir to boot"
In ancestral days." the young wom-
an went on, Il believe it was the privi-
lege of the 'beaux' to pay all the ex-
penses Of the spree when they took
the girls to balls and rooms. Not SO
In 1908. It's Thanksgiving day to
girl if she can corral a partner for the
cotillion, even when she pays her own
subscription fee and supplies her own
carriage and flowers. 1t takes money
to be a girl nowadays. For example,
one can't be anybody and not be
member Of the Sixty Couples Cotillion
in Washington. Tickets for each oc-
casion are three dollars apiece, with
out counting the extras
'"Does the partner whom you may
possibly have secured by treason and
stratagem bear any of the expenses Of
your evening? Not by jugful Heavy,
heavy, hangs on your poor head finan.
cially speaking, and the beneficent be-
ings in evening clothes feel that they
have performed the whole office of
man in simply allowing you to sush
over them in gratitude for being there.
Masculine stock is way above par, and
a man who knows how to dance, or
will dance if he knows how to, in
stead of swelling the mob of blase
blackcoats near the exits of bathrooms.
idle and unproductive, is indeed q
bonanza"
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06

w WASH1NGTON.-The date for the
W coming out dance of Miss Roose-
velt, the presidents second daughter,
has been set for Monday, December
28. While this will mark her debut
into the social life of the younger set,
as has been announced before, the
first state dinner she attends will
really mean her formal debut. This
dinner will be the first cabinet dinner
of the season and will be given short
ly before Christmas.
Though the announcement sent out
from the White House describes the
entertainment as "small" dance. the
number of invitations will not fall far
short of 1000. The dance will be held
in the East room of the White House,
and, according to present intentions,
will follow the plan adopted when Miss
Alice Roosevelt came out, that of dis
pensing with the cotillion.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt have
maintained that entertainments given
to the young members of their family
should be as personal as possible.
When Miss Alice Roosevelt made her
debut even the first assistant secretary
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06

Jesse LEW1SOHN, who for many
u years was close student of the ar
tistic development of Lillian Russell
as an actress and connoisseur in Per-
sian rugs, is reported engaged to Miss
Edna McCauley, the pretty young
actress.
The romance involving the million
aire sportsman and son of the late
copper king, is said to have had it's
inception at Atlantic City last sum-
mer. Mr.. Lewisohn spent the greater
part of the summer there, as did Miss
McCauley.
Atlantic City mathematicians, who
are adopts in putting two and two to-
gether and making it six, forecasted
early in the summer that the little god
Hymen was camping on the trail of
the tall young son of copper millions
and the vivacious beauty of the foot
lights. Not that Mr.. LewisOhn has not
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06
New Velvet Carpets for Mrs. Sage

great cracks in the carlor walls of the
home at Foyty-second street which
went for years without fixing.
Mrs. Sage suffered from mortifica-
tion at such things, just as much as
any other woman would, and I'm glad
she is able to have the velvet carpets
for a few years before she dies. But
they came too late to give her much
pleasure. After they had all been put
down and the furniture was in place,
she walked through the house observ-
ing and admiring and then sat down
and cried. She said not word in ex-
planation, but it was easy to under
stand. She was thinking of all the
stinted years when she might have en-
joyed such things, and now she has
them when she is too old to care very
much
There scarcely is a day that Mrs.
Sage does not weep," continued this
old friend of hers. She simply sits
and cries at the intolerable burden of
having $4,000. 900 on her shoulders, at
the burden Of distributing that huge
fortune in the way that will do the
most good. She is 80 years old and
has New England conscience. She
wants to do just the right thing with
it all, and it requires an amount of
thought and study and imposes feel
ing of responsibility that is hard on
an old woman who only wants a quiet
corner to spend her few remaining
wears in -"
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06
Good Society Not Silly, Says Mrs. Fish

ordinary social functions Mrs. West
speaks of. They certainly must be
funny. wonder what they would be
like? I really never heard of any of
these things before.
Newport society is perfectly sane
and normal. 1t is high time the silly
stories about it were stopped They
are absolutely false, every one of
them. and no loyal, patriotic man
would publish stories which belittle
abroad the dignity of his OWN coun.
trywomen and men.
Good society is the same every
where, and a lady is a lady in any
country. Being an American, consid-
er myself just as good as any of the
foreign blood, superior probably to
some
New York society, IL anything, is
more digniSed than that abroad l be-
lieve it is really more exclusive in
some respects King Edward is very
democratic and goes about socially
great deal more than President Roose-
welt does.
Il agree with Mrs West that if New
York society were to open its doors
a little wider it's influence might be
felt"
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06

2OC1ETY does none OF the silly
~ things it is accused of. ought to
know, for l lived in Newport more than
fifteen years."
Thus broadly did Mrs. Stuyvesant
Fish answer the criticism and attacks
which have been made on the 400"
by Mrs Astor and by Mrs. CORVALLIS
West. She declared that society had
been DETAINED and that the sensational
stories were circulated Ito mako US
ridiculous abroad"
Being true American, l naturally
would defend my own countrymen,
wouldn't I?' said Mrs. Fish. Mrs.
West was an American woman. but
she hasn't been in this country for
years. What does she know of New
York society? Why doesn't she come
over and find out?
Il never attended any of the extra
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06
Texas Doctor Picturesque Figure

physician is held by his neighbors is
attested in way by the fact that he
was urged to make the trip to Wash.
lngton by and at the expense of his
friends in and near San Marcus. The
fund to pay the expense of the trip
was not contributed by any one philan.
throphically inclined person, but by
the entire community. The money was
raised by popular subscription.
The doctor came to Washington on
the special train of the Texas delega.
tion, and during the week was an in
terested, as we'll as an interesting, par
ticipator in the proceedings and dem.
onstrations of the congress.
Another enthusiastic Texas delegate
was DR.. w. T. Jones of Fort Davis.
The day before DR.. Jones left his home
at Fort Davis to come to Washington
he rode horseback As miles into the
country to see a patient The round
trip was 80 miles. The following day
he rode 60 miles to the railroad sta.
tion, where he joined the other dele
gates bound for Washington. The doc
tor, being used to such experiences,
was not greatly fatigued by his two
trips through the country.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06

NEW YORK feels more than mere
~ ly curious interest in the oft-re-
peated prediction that the coal mines
of the country will be exhausted in an
other hundred years, for the city is the
greatest coal consumer in the world.
According to statistics recently COL
lected the metropolis uses 25,000,000
tons annually and requires the serv-
ices of $4,000 men to keep itself
warmed and lighted. More than
$500 900 is invested in the business
Of supplying New York residents with
coal, and 1000 barges and $50 tugs
are kept busy transporting it about the
harbor. These barges average in ca
pacity from $50 to 1900 tons, and in
them there is always afoat more than
100000 tons. Every day there is
loaded into barges in the harbor of
New York more coal than is used in
q year throughout the empire of China
Last year the wharves in the city
handled 28,400,O00 tons and this year
the total promises to run we'll above
30,000,0OO tons.
" Averaging factories and small coz
sumers at price of four dollars for
each ton, New York will spend during
the approaching winter $4,000, 900
to keep itself warm. The city govern.
ment alone will use nearly 100000
tons.
Whatever claim Gotham may have
to municipal cleanliness is to be at
tributed to the fact that three quarters
of the fuel shipped from its docks is
anthracite. Where the tremendous
amount goes may be guessed from the
tact that the large hotels use 100 tons
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06

back No Kentucky thoroughbred
His a the sky
OF the autumn fields There expression of ankness
only big
background Kindness
vain the
Mr. James whole
affect his seriously if he
ences when
Wheher
of
the huSgs with
claimed ne equally effective his
ending delight
mates and Plain Ollie to else He
frs
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06
GATHERING DEAR GEORGE IN.

You look very much excited, DEAR"
he said, when she entered the parlor
where he was waiting for her.
We'll, / should think / ought to look
excited" she answered; I've Just had
the most awful argument with ma"
And she began to weep Historically,
why, what is the matter, nv dar-
ling" he inquired, as he slid an arm
around her waist and endeavored to
soothe her; what was the argument?"
"Oh! how can I tell you? She said
you were only trif1ing with me, and
that you would never pop the ques-
ton; and I told her she did YOU a
great injustice, for believed that YOU
would pop the question tonight. She
said you wouldn't, and I said YOU
would, and we had it hot and heavy
Dear George, you will not let ma
triumph over me, will your
"W-why, certainly not" answered
George.
I knew it, my darling,' the dear
girl exclaimed; come, let us 90 tn
ma and tell her how much mistaken
she was.'
And they did, and ma didn't seem to
be very much broken down over the
affair after all.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06

D OERHAPS the most picturesque fig
/ ure at the International Tubercu-
losis congress, in session here lately,
was DIR. A. J. Beall of San Marcus,
Tex. DR.. Beall is IS years old, has
been a practicing physician in Texas
for more than half century, and, be-
cause of his long record and his fdel-
ity as practitioner, is one of the best
beloved men in the Lone Star state.
DR.. Beall's trip to Washington was
intended to be the closing and crown
ing feature of his career. When he re-
turns to his home at San Marcus, so
he told his friends and patients before
he left, it will be as a man retired
from active professional pursuits-a
private citizen
The esteem in which the veteran