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Evening star., 1909-07-18

and folded by a
thread - and that
your d e ign is
placed upon it even
ly at every point.
The sec on d is,
when placed accu-
rately, secure the de-
sign to the material
with thumb tacks or
pins 50 that they
cannot slip during
the operation.
Transfer paper
comes in white.
black, blue, red and
yellow. I advise. the
use of the lighter
colors when possible,
as the black and blue
are so liable to
crock.
Do not rest your
hand OF fingers upon
any part of the d
transferring. else Il
hand or fingers will
upon the material
lines of the design.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28
a TALK WITH THE COMING VICE-PRESIDENT

What do you think about the Indians -
My opinions neither strange nor revoIu-
ttonary We have treated the Indians fairly.
Crimes have been committed by dishonest white
men. but the crimes have often been made easy
by the Indians themselves. who have been more
willing TO sell 500 worth OF property for s.
worth of whskev. 1t is always possible TO
prevent fraud when both sides eager TO make
= bargain. We have spent sS0.00oOoe during the
last twenty-five years TO educate the Indians. and
$1,000 OF them are now at school But an educated
Indian Is not invariably success. He returns to
his tribe expecting to sleep In a bed and to wear
a nightshirt His family. however. expects him to
lie on the ground. in vermin-infested tepee and
ridicules him when he objects. He NAV pull his
relative up degree. but in the mean while he
goes back ten degrees himself"
What is 10 become OF the Indian ultimately
Gradually ne will be swallowed up by the civif'-
zation of the whites and entirely lose his identity
There Indians now in both houses OF Congress
took an Indian youth to New York. He learned
to be printer, married white girl. and is now
editor Of country newspaper. A good many Ind
ians marrying out Of their race"
What were your relations with Mr. Taft pre-
vous to the convention that nominated both Of
your
Il knew him ofdcally, OF course, and frequently
met him on business. Our relations were friendly
but not intimate I opposed his candidacy. prefer
ring Governor Hughes OF my state. and re-
serving Speaker Cannon as a second choice"
What your favortte forms Of amusement
day before was nominated for Vice President I
also like billiards and golf. I Go not care for
horses. / don't hunt My father organized the old
Walton Club OF the Adirondacks, back In Is47 and
taught me to Ash. We used to camp in the noun
tans for two weeks or more every summer "a king
some OF my boy friends with US have dshed
more or less ever since. My three sons, whom 7
have tried 10 bring up the principles and accord
ing to the practices Of my mother. are fond Of
outdoor sports. My youngest son has won q 100
worth Of cups playing golf. None Of my boys let
add. ever spent more than 500 year at COL
lege'
May ask II you have always worn your now
famous snniie?''
II guess The world has been bright and
beautiful right along, and has given me all ever
earned and more. too. have been an optimist
from my boyhood UP. While I love life as much as
any man, l shall take my medicine when death
comes and make no complaint, because complaint
from me would not be justified. However. I am
cheered by the tradition that CT my ancestors
lived until he was hundred years old"
.lcopsrshtsd. 1909 By James B. Mor-owl
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28
James S. Sherman Tells of
His Habits and Views
of Life.
BY James q. Morrow.

Washington, Feb. 21-If he were bad on the ton
oI ms heao; II what hair remained were both
very tnicS ana densey curly: IL the sheared tufts
OF Whskers at TIE sides OF his face were long and
bushy and If his eyes and nose were large +h
they are, James Schoolcraft Sherman who &c ~
Dc Nlce-fresident OF the United States on and
after next Thursday. would look like John Adams
the first heir apparent" as he called hiD,sA1f a.
quaint letter which he wrote to Abigail his
wife, prudent. sagacfous and otherwise remarL
able woman.
More nearly to the day and clearly within tha
recollection of many thousands of his countrvrnen
II may be said that Mr.. Sherman belongs to the
physical and ternperamental type of men or vbtcb
the late Marcus A. Hanna so bold and pict,I-
rescue a representative
After Charles Dickens had showed himself and
read from his books as far West as ST Iouis
seeing many custpadores and hearing much bad
grammar, and TO the North as distant as ouehec
he returned to New York by way OF Lake Cham
plain in vessel. which I praise" he afterward
wrote IN his American Notes" very highly but
no more than 1t deserves. when I say it superior
TO any other IN the world.
This steamboat which Is called the Burlington
Dickens put down IN his Notes is perfectI,,
exquisite achievement OF neatness, elegance and
order. The decks drawing rooms; the sbins
boudcirs. choicely furnished and adorned with
prints. pictures and musical instruments; every
nook and corner in the vessel is perfect curiosity
OF graceful comfort and beautiful contrivance
Captain Sherman. her commander to whose In
genuiy and excellent taste these results are solely
attributable. has brsvely and worthiIy distin
guished himself on more than one trying occa-
sion. He and his vessel are held in universal re-
spect, both by his own countrymen and by ours
and ever enjoyed the popular esteem who
in his sphere Of action, won and wore it better
than this gentleman. BY means of this floating
palace we in the United States again"
The captain of the Burlington James School
craft Shermans paternal grandfather.
Have you any personal recollections Of the
master OF the Burlington" ?" 1 asked Mr Sherman
oh yes; he died in 1861 was thirteen years
old-leaving forty-six silk and velvet vests of
various coiors and patterns, and half dozen
chests filled with other fine raiment including
many pairs Of short trousers. which he had
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28

prolific bounty Of this now famous woman. who
in less than three years has given away about n6-
100000 for public purposes and the benefit Of man
kind.
When Mrs. Sage. after the death of her husband,
about distributing her wealth the Of edu
cation and religion and the ameloration OF human
misery appealed most strongly to her. To educa-
100000. TO religious work something like 1.5O,Ooo
while the remainder has gone to works of a semi
educational and religious characterize charity and
to beautifying and bettering conditions in places
that commanded her interest, such SIS 00o to
renovate the Governors Room in the City Hail.
the recent presentation Of Thomas Coles painting
The Oxbow,' to the Metropolitan Museum the
planting Of a mile Of rainbow-hued rhododendrons
the slope OF Central Park a cost OF $4,000
and the gift of a splendid window, depicting the
Revocation OF the Edict OF Nantes to the New
York Historical Society This window cost many
thousands OF dollars and occupied Miss Mary TIL
lnghast year in the making. The largest single
gift OF Mrs Sage has been that of $10000O00 10 be
used in improving the condition of the poor. This
sum finds its way toward achieving its high mis-
sion through many channels. and Is known the
Sage Foundation for Improving Social Conditions.
Mrs Sage has endeavored TO place her money
where it would do the greatest good TO the great
technic Institute for instance, beneficiary of
gift of 10000 brings out the fact that in afford
ing opportunity to broaden the scope OF the work
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28

the table Uttered When he reached the
Palais Bourbon he hastened toward his friend
and. rendering him the 100-tranc note apollo
gized for his reaissness IN falling TO inclose 1t
in the letter But have received It." was the
response: here is your letter. and the 10o-frenc
note incIosed is still in my pocket
Ths banknote, however. OF a different
series from those in the possession OF the sender
of the letter, and exceedingly careful scrutiny
Of the envelope finally brought TO light the fact
that it had been opened in transit. Further in
vestigation developed the fact that the mssive
had been opened and read in the Cabinet Noir
of the General Postoffice and that the inspector,
evidently under the impression that he himself
had dropped the 100 franc bill mentioned as in
closed therein, and that its disappearance
route would result in legislative charges of tam
pering with the mails. had inserted of his own
accord 100 franc note charging 1t to the Secret
Service fund. The ridicule and laughter excited
by the affair prevented any serious action being
taken. and for nearly year sfterward the post
office was burdened with fake letters purporting
to contain money in the hope OF extorting there
by 30 and 100 franc notes from the Cabinet Noir
It may be OF interest 10 add few words SIS
to the manner In which letters are opened by
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28

You were not compelled, then. to work and help
pay for your education at college nor for your way
to the barr"
NO; I attended district school in the coun-
try, afterward going whtestone Academy, and
was graduated from Hamilton College in 1878. A
relative being a lawyer. concluded to prepare for
the bar. ! read law In Office at Utica. There
were no typewriters in those days and all OF our
papers were written out by hand did work
Of that kind. and occasionally got 81 for going
a legal errand. My first fee of any size amounted,
l think, $40 1 was made the assignee under the
state law OF little man who had failed in
business. 1 remember that had not yet been II
censed to practise After being admitted to tho
bar / formed q partnership with Henry J. Cook
inqham my brother-in-law, relation which con-
tinued until January l. 1907"
Ibid you earn living during your FIRST year in
the law?
didn't have to pay anything for my board I earned
all the money 1 spent which wasn't very much"
Your brother, Richard W. Sherman. is OF
the leading Democrats OF Central New York;
Yes he has been Mayor OF Utica twice.
asked him to TO the inauguration OF Mr..
Taft and here his letter declining the invita- ton
to be my guest. He says ne is obliged to me. but
that he cannot believe the Inauguration will be
OF stimulating interest to Democrat However,
he promises to be here in 1913. There is a good
understanding between US. When he runs for ONCE
in Utica 1 work and speak against him. Last
year. when I a candidate for Vice President.
he presided at several Bryan meetings. We are
brothers in everything but politics"
You seem to have a special talent for business
and money making" I said
IL have, I without important results. The
only Sherman in my family who had any consid-
erable fortune my dudish grandfather with
the fancy vests
will you tell me about your canning business?'
''It was started by my father. When I had
saved 500 I bought q small share IN the business
The undertaking prospered, and now we have four
factories in the State of New York and our COM
pany has a capital OF 10000. A brother and my
self control the stock, but hs interest is larger
than mine. We can peas beans. tomatoes corn
and other vegetables. which buy OF farmers
and gardeners"
You have been chairman of the Committee on
Indian Affairs in the House OF Representatives
Were you concerned about the Indians TO start
with
Not at ali. / disappointed when Charles
F. Crisp Speaker OF the House, put me on the
Indian COMMITTEES, instead Of giving me the place
/ really wanted
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28

the Black Cabinet: all the more as the ert oi
opening envelopes without leaving trace or their
having been tampered with is little known In
some instances a knife is inserted just beneath
the seal which is deftly removed, and then
nasted on again after the envelope has been
rngImmed and pasted UP. Sometimes fresh
seal is made; for the equipment OF Black CAP
met comprises stamps and seals Of almost every
conceiva BILE description. And there are few red
or black wax seals OF any importance that pass
through it's hands OF which an impression is not
taken in soft wax But in the majority Of cases
especially when there is a large number OF
letters to be examined the procedure Is OF
much more summary and yet OF a much more
ingenious character. The envelope is slit with
an exceedingly sharp and thin steel knife 1t is
slit at one end that is to say. not quite at the
end but within an eighth of an inch Of the
fold. and the cut is made with the knife held in
a very slanting position, so as 10 leave the larg-
est surface OF lip possible to the two edges or
the cut paper. Through this slit the letter Is
extracted read and then replaced. Then paste
of a special character prepared for this purpose
is applied to the two lips. which are closed
tosether leaving as little trace Of any scar as
a we'll healed cut or scratch the skin.
EX-ATTACHE.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28
REMARKABLE RUSSIAN SECT.

Among the numerous religious sects In Russia.
the most remarkable and influential are the Subbot-
niki Sabbatarians- They first appeared in ths
reign OF Catherine II. toward the end OF the sigh-
teenth century. The members of this sect practise
tbs rite Of circumcision. do not believe in Christ.
accept cnly the Old Testament and observe the
Sabbath Saturday They also slaughter cattle
and fowls according the Jewish law. use pray
ing shz~is. and zizit (frtagss). praying vita
covered heads from Hebrew prayer oooas with
a Russian translation They are Industrious. hos
pitable and can read and write ID 10 1890 they
lived. for the most part. in Moscow Saratov Tula
OreI, etc In the reign Of Alexander they enjoyed
freedom. Nevertheless. the Russian clergy OF Mo-
hilev killed about hundred and fifty Subbotni<i
and their leaders The of one Of the leaders
tortured with hot irons. and then burned az
the stake. In the reign Of Nicholas I many wished
20 embraeH ls=:aisn, and settled IN the Pale OF
Settlement (the Ghetto) but the governments ban
ished them to Siberia and the Caucasus. The Su-
botnfkf number about millions. and dress likA
the orthodox Russians-Dundee ADVERTISER
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28

worn whiIa a voune man For long time after
his death his clothing was loaned near and "ioe
TO men who wanted to dress w for special events
In his day he was called a famous dandy. Now
he would be known, I fear, as a dude. Fortu-
nately,' Mr.. Sherman said, regardless of his own
gray waistcoat and purple buttons. none OF MS
grandsons inherited his fondness for dress How
ever he able and thrifty man. and left
handsome estate for his time
WAS your father engaged in business?"
BY profession he journalist He wrote
for a paper in Rochester while young man, and
later established The Utica Morning Herald But
politics and public office took share OF his time
When was child he tally clerk in Con
gress, and wrote Washington letters for New
York newspapers, in which he praised Roscoe
Conkling. who lived in Utica, and was under many
obligations for other favors. While my father
off1cehoder in Washington my mother and
her six children lived near Utica farm Of
about one hundred acres. / suffered no hardships
as a boy, but I was expected TO do my share Of
the work. such driving the hayrake hoeing in
the garden and
When my grandfather ded-the same gay cap
tain OF the Burlington--he left my mother an in
heritance of about $4,000. We then moved away
from the farm and went 10 live in the village OF
New Hartford Just outside the boundary line OF
Utica.
My mother was an unusual woman having. with
q good education, great kindliness, much deter
mnation and az extraordinary measure Of COM
mon sense. 1 was brought up IN the Presbyterian
Church. and my mother managed large Sunday
school class. but she was not Puritan. She taught
her to play cards, and played with US when
she had the time. None of her boys, therefore, had
TO sneak behind the barn when they wanted to en-
Joy that form of amusement. After she came into
her inheritance she gave her sons a hbral allow
ance. but she expected them to tell her how they
spent the money. We might entertain friends at
dinner, away from home, at hotel or restaurant
go to athletic contest fifty miles distant,
and she would approve the expenditure. But not
one OF dared to pay out penny for liquor or
tobacco. She controlled all her sons with respect
to drinking and smoking but myself learned to
smoke when young man.
you have great flower garden? l SAID
My flower garden, like my fortune. has been
much enlarged by My lot In Utica is l2O
feet wide and 300 feet long. l live in an old. but
comfortable wooden house which cost the man who
built it considera bly, than 1t cost me- At the
foot Of ths lot there is small stable We have
some roses and other flowers, Of course, and we
grow our own vegetables. but my home is not
country estate, although 1t has been 50 repre-
sented."
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28
GIFT TO THE GOVERNMENT.

The United States government has been helped
in it's educational work by the presentation of Con-
stitution Island, spot long coveted a site for
preparatory school for West Point. This island
lies opposite West Point distant some three hun
dred yards, and is two miles in circumference and
half mile wide. II the site Of Fort Constf-
tuition during the Revolutionary War. and here in
1888 Washingtcns Life Guard mustered out.
Mrs. Sage has taken great interest in the Pas
Institute IL Lexington avenue, where poor girls
equipped for industrial life Besides giving
thousands Of dollars In money to this training
school Mrs Sage has taken specimens OF her moth
er's sewing to show the girls ana has encoura ged
them to learn all the household arts.
The work of Young Mems Christian associations
has always enlisted Mrs. Sage's sympathy She
doubled the capacity OF the Naval Young Mems
Christian Association in Brooklyn by gift Of $500
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28
FAIRvIEw GARDEN SCHOOL.

The Fairvfew Garden School was started In
Yonkers Ave years ago next May by Miss Mary
Marshall Butler. a well known philanthrOpic work
er Of that city. II is maintained by private SUD-
scription and the work Is under the direction OF
Superintendent Edward Mahoney and a corps Z
assistants Eight hundred and fifty boys have been
enrolled the starting 0f the school and tho
average daily attendance has been 10 The work
OF converting the tract acquired through the Sage
gift into garden plots Is going forward, and
Superintendent MahOney plans 70 open the girls
school about the middle OF April.
Mrs Sage is connected with the Womans
Christian Association. the Woman's Hospital wita
home and foreign missionary societies n plenty.
but never is she happier than when she engages
IN such acts buying UP all the ice cream IN =
town 10 feed child guests; sending a train load
OF Poughkeepsie children every year. all fitted oUs
with bountiful Iuncheons to picnic at Upton Lake;
carrying sick tramp IL her own automobile to
receive and furnishing him with money fer
his needs. in sending the finest engineering out
fit that money could buy to help an Arizona con-
vict 70 lead a life his release after ten
years in prison.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28
MRS. SAGE'S GIFTS
SIXTEEN MILLIONS
BESTOWED IN LAST THREE
YEARS.
Mem and Women, Old and Young,
Charity, Education and Religion
HaUe ReceiUed Aid.
By Mary W. Mount.

(Two pages pictures illustrating this artice will be
found in Part II to-day.)
The good luck OF the schoolgirls of Yonkers,
N V who received the other day, through the
generosity OF Mrs. Russell Sage, tract OF land
worth $4,000, which will be used to teach them
practical gardening, calls attention anew 20 the
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28
HER aIRLHooD IN SYRACUSE.

The ties Of youth are strong IN Mrs Sage and
Syracuse where she born. September o.
1928 has benefited in many ways through her gen
erosity. Hers house of comfort and her
mother woman who built wisely for the future OF
her child. At ten years OF age little Olivia Slocum
sewed more neatly than most adults can now
During her girhood size attended public school and
still found time to make her clothes. When
sixteen years Of age she left Syracuse for Troy,
where she was graduated later from the Emma
Willard Seminary. During the Civil War Mrs.
Sage taught school In Philadelphia She has re-
membered her period OF teaching in the 81. Pauls
Episcopal Parochiai Society of Syracuse By send
ng-among her first gifts-s50Oo TO the building
fund Of that educational institution.
To the Teachers College os Syracuse University
Mrs. Sage has given 100000. while the Syracuse
library and the homeless of that city have reason
to bless her bene:actions. The late Rev John Wat
son Adams, who baptized Mrs Sage. has been
membered with beautiful stained glass window
in the First Presbyterian Church at Syracuse. The
Rev. George B. spalding, during the quarter cen
tury Of his incumbency, has not received tvo such
handsome windows Mrs. Sage has placed IN the
church transeDt in memory OF her first pastor and
OF her family, the Slocums. These windows
designed by Miss Mary TilIinghast at cost OF
$1,000 each. Mrs. Sage believes in encouraging the
work of women and has had several costly win
dows made by this artist. One placed in the
Home for the Friendess in New York, insti-
tuition in which Mrs. Sage has long been interested
In 1904 New York University conferred upon Mrs
odse o oesree OF master OF letters IN GecognltlOn
Of her aid to the Of education. For eight
years Mrs Sage has been member OF the wona-
ans advisory committee of this university. to
which she has given fifteen acres cost Of $780,
600. Princeton University has also received
Gently s25o,o00 for dormItory, while the North
field (siass) Seminary for Young Ladies' has been
benefited by music hall and chapel that cost
$50, ,00e.
Education in the Far East has not been neglected
The Syrian Protestant College, at Beirut. has been
helped by $4,000 and 20 the American College for
Girls al Constantlnope Mrs. Sage has sent $4,000
for a preparatory school. The New York School
OF Applied Design for Women has been aided b. A
loan OF $4,000 and $500 has been sent to Olivia
Mimi, to establish manual training department
in the high school.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28
HOME OF HER GRANDPARENTS.

The SAGE place in Lawrence, Sag Haroor, - near
the Jeruain place, formerly occupied oy MIS-
sage's grandparents and she has been at great
pains to get possession OF and restore 10 II the
appearance II wore when Margaret Jermain WorAeo
the samplers which still hang in their place. and
yrbsn Joseph sIocum went TO court and marry the
girl who became the mother OF Margaret OiiN-4
Sage ..-,-.,
Margaret Jermain a.as descended from CoIonei
Henry Pierson, one of the founders OF the Anleri-
can common school system Her brother Aofaharn
Person was the first president OF Yale Colless-
Joseph SIocum the father Of Mrs sage vas .
sixth IinsaI descendant Of Miles Standisn- MS
grandmother Olivia Standish Gor whom MIS- sass
is named) was the daughter or DAVID SlahNiS-4'
great-Rrandson OF Captain Miles Standish-
Through the generosity OF Mrs RusseA sage
the Fairview Garden School. OF YOnkers' mas ac-
o7-ed tract OF land. As by 800 feet between FAR
lev and High streets. in that city The sirt'
which is made through the Sage FoUEdatlon Fuh0.
includes large house in High street which WaS
for a number Of years the home of General
Thomas Ewing of Civil War fame Later the
mansion may be used the headquarters OF ina
school work a portion Of il being possloiy oe-
voted TO use as a gymnasium The present head
quarters Of the school are a small toolhouss
situated In the centre of the present garden tract
adjoining that included in the Sage gift the esu-
mated value OF which is $1,000 The tract JUST
aeouired which raises tina total valuation OF the
schools holdings to S0s00 is TO be devoted TO tns
use Of Yonkers girls, giving 20 as many as can
he accommodated the privilege or MAINTAINING
through the spring and summer months srnaA
garden plots each containing about 80 square
feet Of land, upon which the girls may grow for
their own use sell such vegetables or lowers
as they elect TO plant. nominal rental OF
cents per week similar 20 that aow charged the
BOYS being charged each girl enrolled IN ths
schooI roembershfp