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New-York tribune., 1909-04-25
SQUADRON As SPORTS.
Daring Riding Thrills Large Crozcd
at Van CortIandt Park.

Squadron A ended the celebration of its anniver-
sary week at the troops summer quarters at Van
Cortlandt Park with set of outdoor games. The
inclosed field surrounded by automobiles and
road carts containing friends and relatives Of the
contestants There were many thrilling moments
the riders went through the exercises and en-
thusiasm high The games were held for the
amusement of the friends of the squadron
The jeu De barre exciting affair. In the
first round Campbell Smith from Luther Reed
after a long and bitterly contested struggle The
second round was over in short order, for C. A
Dana whipped the ribbon from H. c. Learned In
exactly quarter of a minute.
Picking up potatoes from a horses back Is not
such easy pastime one would imagine ana
there were not few narrow escapes from bad talIs
the troopers dashing around the heid,
swoopng down grab up their potatoes every
now and then and returning to put them in the
baskets Max Van Norden, of Troop /, proved an
expert this Of fancy riding and finished wen
ahead of Rdgely Nicholas, of Troop >
The novelty caused much amusement IN
this the horseman had TO run fifty yards 10
his mount, leads across the field distance of sew
enty yards, then saddle mount and ride back Max
Van Norden Ridgely Nicholas was the OulI
of the spectators, for his mount refused 10 De eu
and he had to drag It across the field. By the time
he had saddled and mounted the other contestants
had finished. He made UP for his misfortune "heh
he the low reaching competition he
dashed the field. picking up a handkerchlel
both going and coming, and finishing IN Is SECONDS
ard 6 Peabo{y RSed iost ribbon TO smith in $50 Sec
oVi round Eilgey Nicholas g 4. DAM and II. =
Learned lost the ribbon Dana in D:l9 ,-
RdgeJy Nicholas Troop B. second {. A Dana Troop J.
'h,Td Tins 2:o4 T., -, MAY Van xor6en Troop l. r
Glider. Troop second, r. c Boiling, Troop B. third
reach eoPesitlonon By ss Rdgely Sts9oss SeaS6s5
l'f1 f0sn ba rame"Won ty Team a. composed Of G
;' goal: Team 5 composed J. R F1anssan ma
R 9, Randolph. R Glider and H c. Learned did not
New-York tribune., 1909-04-25
E eAnglO=AmeriCan Memories
XII.
Copyright. 1909. by Geors. W. smaney,

rate knowledge, They did not master their
| subjects, their trade
<A9 20 "hat Garrison did l am quite willing
- accept the history Of his time as it is com
iioiiIS Ioid take all that for granted; all his
'NeS 10 the anti-slavery cause. and. with
an uIaWoacks they were great. Still I do not
Ihihk they explain his immense fame He was
d captain in the army of the Lord if you like,
"ul captain who won no battles. There was
one hnaI victory. based on a long series of de-
feats' victory in which he had a share though
Iot a great share Perhaps a better Saint than
| captain but in ROme's long catalogue of the
cahonlzed how many first rate names are there?
lou can become a saint quite cheaply if you
EH"W now There are fifty or more huge vol
umes Of the Eta SGnctorUm, mostly lies. yet
| extremely Interesting as examples of the use TO
| which the human Imagination can be put for
ecclesiastical purposes A Benedictine labour
! ere yet science had shaken the foundations of
clerical fairy tales by its demand for evidence.
The acutest minds accepted them. So late as
| the nineteenth century they were still accepted.
After hiS conversion Newman, perhaps the
! finest mind of his time, swallowed whole all the
ictions to which the Church Of Rome had given
the imprimature Of infallibility. Garrfson's ex-
ploits are less legendary but they much
more substantial? His fame rests on gerer-
alities
To look at, he was neither soldier nor saint.
He had not, on the one hand. the air of COM
mand. nor, on the other, the sweetness of be
nlgnity We expect from one OF the heavenly
host His face was both angry and weak. His
attitude the platform was half apologetic
and half passionate. His speech at times was
almost shrewish 1t was never authoritative,
though always seif-Complacent. SO the
preston of his face, with its smile which tried
To be amia bic and succeeded in being sef-con
scious There was no fire in his pale eyes; il
there had been. his spectacles would have duIled
it. He stopped, and his most vehement appeals
you sideways. 1t was an unlucky effect, for
there was nothing shifty or crooked in the
mans nature. But he had role TO play
Isaiah. if you like-and played it well his
means would allow.
1t the indOmtable honesty of the man
which gave him such authority he had. That
is not a bad eulogy in itself. Bad or good.
nothing I can say will diminish his reputation
nor do l wish it should. When legend has
once grown up about d man it keeps grow
ing. It has been decreed that Dickens shall be
a great novelist. and Gladstone a great states
man and Browning a great poet, and Herbert
Spencer great philosopher. Each of these men
was great in other ways, but the legend is in
vincible So. no doubt. with Garrison. He will
remain the Liberator of the Slave. BY the
time the cold analysis of History reyerses that
verdict, personal partialities will have ceased
to count. @. W ;
New-York tribune., 1909-04-25
COLLIER TO REST on FARM
VII Be Buried IN Consecrated
Ground on Ne1c Jersey Estate.

Peter F Collier, who died suddenly from apo
pIexy at a m. yesterday, will be buried from St
iatrick's Cathedral at 10 a m. Tuesday. Bishop
Burns. of Tennessee, lifelong friend. is expected
to celebrate the solemn high requiem mass assist
I'd by the Rev Father Reynolds. of Redbank. y. j.
In accordance with expressed wish Of Mr.. Col
ler his body will be buried in ground which will
be consccratad On his estate at Wichatuck, Eaton
town y J..
'AIr Golfers death most unexpected said
an old friend yesterday. After his return from
KiIecn Castle, his estate in Ireland, March %.
he contracted a severe cold, which lasted up -he
day Of his death, but nobody thought it was
serious He came in from his country residence at
Eatontowu, y. j., on Friday to he examined by
his physician because he thought he suffering
from acute Indigestion but the physician made
light of his disease and said that he sound as
d dollar"
IN g oaaupo most of which IS invested in his pub
Iisnn, plant in West 18th street. He carried more
than 10000 in life insurance. The greater portion
Of his estate will go his family but many chari-
ties are remembered.
John T Fenlon his counsel, said yesterday that
the Will would not be made known until after the
funeral when it viii be read in the presence Of the
family
Nj Collier is survived by his wife, Catherine
and ,, his only child. Robert J. Collier, who has
beer editor of Golfers Weekly since 1898. when
+; took the place of once a Week. which MI
Collier established in 1855
New-York tribune., 1909-04-25
FORT TO LECTURERS
JERSEY G0rernor Guest of Board Of
Education Speakers.

Governor Fort Of New Jersey. guest at the
twentieth anniversary dinner of the public lecture
corps Of the Board of Education. at the Hotel Astor
last night, said he could how conditions
Gould be as they were in New York City after the
fifty thousand lectures deliverd by the men and
of the corps. That he was only jesttng was
shown when he said that if the nightly talks were
persisted in this city might be able to stand along
side of New Jersey.
Dr. H NJ. Lepziger, head of the corps. had said
in his address that partisanship should be sub
ordinate to the public good. Governor Fort agreed
warmly. He urged that in all things the individual
should be taught To stand for what was right. and
said that intelligence and integrity were Of little
account without courage 20 back them up It was
much a crime, he said, for the individual 10
neglect the duty of citizenship to attempt the
destruction Of the government
1t was nonsense the Governor asserted, TO talk
of checking immigration The danger lay in lack
Of instruction Of the citizens, and he said the
lectures Of the corps were doing much to estab-
lish the alliance between immigrants and the new
country firm basis.
DR.. Willis Fletcher Johnson. of The Tribune, and
a member Of the New Jersey Civil Service Com
mission, was the POSTMASTER There were more
than three hundred men and women present, and
Dr. Johnson's reference TO the magnitude Of the
work done in the years Of their service Vlgor-
ously applauded. He Iikened the fifty thousand
lectures to nearly twenty-one hundred days and
nights of unbroken oratorv, and said twelve ana
a half million persons had listened to the talks
DR.. Lepziger the first speaker After call
ing attention to the record OF the work, he said:
Too much stress cannot he laid this one point,
that politics treated education VIII become Ireed
from partSanship, and become a matter Tor educa-
tonal development for the great questions con
fronting citizens are in the last analysis t9u-
cationa. The question Of the tariff; the question
Of direct nomination: the question Of direct or IN
direct taXation-all these are questions that must
be settled by the majority, the majority must he
intelligent and citizens. to become inteIlSehi'
should continue their education in the same lnSti-
tuition where they began it.
The other speakers were President MCGOWAN OF
the Board of Aldermen. Prince Hrehelianovlch
native of Servia; Justice Dayton, Of the Supreme
Court. the Rev. DIR. John 2. Peters, DR.. ,
Josephine Baker OF the Health Department: Pro
fessor Page. Of Columbia University; Horace
Dresser. of the Board Education, and Professor
BalCom OF Newark.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-25
WILL BE GREATER DREAMLAND.
Big Coney Island Park Has Been Reconstruct
ed and Will Open May Is.

Wells Hawks. agent at the Hippodrome, viii soon
quit that playhouse to begin general supervision
Of the publicity bureau at Dreamland. Mr. Hawks
made the announcement last night that DreamIard
would he thrown open Saturday, May 10 He
says the big park at Coney Island is to be known
this season The Greater Drearland.' because
the fact that II has been reconstructed Samuel
". Gumpertz will be the general manager All
of the Old features. excepting these that We're popu-
lar with the summer crowds. have been abolished.
and this year the public VIII behold new and
more attractive preamlaud. from the main gate
way the front.
The formal announcement Of the novelties TO be
exhibited viii he made this week. one Of the
notable improvements Is the ballroom reputed 10
have the largest dancing floor space in the world,
there being for fifteen hundred couples \
picturesque wistaria walk with svttces and tables
has taken the place the pony track This sur
rounds the lagoon, over the centre OF which Is the
circus ring, where free performances Will he given
a scenic railway. constructed Fl racing
course between boats. has been built above the
pier. Bostock's animals are arriving daily. and
number of acts being pat H. the mann
moth performing cage.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-25
FAREWELL DINNER FOR CROKER.
Personal Friends VIII Meet Him Tonight
VIII Be Devoid of Politics.

Richard Croker. after statements 10 the contrary
is 20 have a farewell dinner II VIII take place a'
nelmonicJ's tonight, and there viii be- ABOUT
twenty present Mr. Croker dsinclined uutl
Yesterday to allow his friends TO give him dlh-
ner but on the understanding that 1t would De nm
tied To- his personal fT1euds and that there W'u,d
not be a senblauce of politics in it he told them u
go ahead When he seen last night AT the
Democratic Club about the matter. ne said-
Senator Fox and number of my OLD friends
wanted TO give me d small dinner, and was gili
TO say yes / told rhe newspaper men last week
that there was T. be farewell dinner said
that because it had become ncised about that lHe'e
would be more or loss politics in my farewell ap-
nearance Inasnuch as have steadily adhered To
nv purpose to keep ont Of politics while visiting
here. | decided / didn't want a dinner that mlshI
he construed as a political incident Meeting Win
dozen of nv old associates is very different mat
ter They know my wishes, and can assure you
that the dinner tomorrow night will be devoid Of
politics am going away Wednesday. and am
only too happy 70 sit down once more TO dinner
with my old friends
New-York tribune., 1909-04-25
JAMES R. PERKINS, LIBRARY FOR SALE
MANY First Editions To Be Auctioned On on
Tuesday.

The private library of James r Perrin OF llis
civ will be placed on public view to-norro" ana
VIII he disposed Of at auction In the FH'h A'e"e7
Art Galleries b. James p Suo on Tuesday even
ing This library. while not as large as some re-
Gently offered is declared to he the richest III
beautiful bindings and Illustrations. in hrst edii'hs
and In autograph editions. offered in this city
The volumes Include masterpieces OF creek anu
Latin literature printed on japanese 'e"nH anu
illustrated with coored vignettes hy MeaGle, lhe
C,rrnieat Angler ovation and cotton. with cli7
of fishes bv New: Artists Of the Italian EenaiS-
sance' tSeeley) in binding by ChiNeTs OF Fath' tr
WorrsIev edition Of Baizac; Birthday BOON de-
signed for the Princess Beatrice and bound ny
Z9ebuesdorf. the authors autograph edition ot D.
Fennirnore Cooper, illustrated by Darnley. Little
Dorrft in original parts; "Dorat bound hs At-
folten. Ralph Waldo Emcrsou's works. including
his correspouderce with Thomas Carlyle payer
editions of Goethe. Homer Dante and Nlr--L with
F~axrnan's Illustrations. Illuminated book or
Russian prayers tGrolierl; a rare copy OF tEe
Koran: Maspero's Egypt" on japanese yeIdm'
Memoirs and Life of Napoleon the Tamar.ane edl-
tIon of Poe. Personal Memoirs Of L. : Grant. with
nm autograph letter written from headquarters az
Memphis TO Colonel Reynolds. and an original quit
claim deed written in George Washineton's own
New-York tribune., 1909-04-25
OBITUARY NOTES.

DAVID \. HUDNUT. a retired tea merchant
died Yesterday at his home in Princeton. He was
ea,,4rt,.-ona wears old and was a graduate OF
Princeton University. He retired from business IN
Newark about fifteen years ago A son. AieXlhoe[
NJ Hudnut broker, of No. Nassau street anu
a daughter Miss Isabel Hudnut survive MIN
JAMES WYNNE. for many years connected VIZ"
the mailing department Of The Tribune "-eu o.
Thursday at his home in 25d street between our 'Li
I'D E-fffb avenues Brooklyn, in his forty-ntth
year. The funeral will be held this afternoon at
go o'clock.
MRS. ADELAIDE y WRIGHT, widow Of Pro
feeeor Henry c. Wright. who founded the Long
Island Bushes College, IN Brooklyn, died yeslei
(av at the Brooklyn home Of her daushle'' ~
Jobr1 Y RisseI. No 1909 Beverley Road MIS-
wright was born sixty years ago in Toronto
New-York tribune., 1909-04-25
A CONCERT FOR SCHOLARSHIPS.

T2,, courtesy Of Mrs. Philip Sawyer, the Thursday
Musical Club viii give concert in the assembly
rom, of the Colony Club next Thursday evening to
,r,,-ide free scholarships in the Institute Of MI
sfcal Art the Music School settlement and Miss
yyasr7er's Music School. Also 10 raise fund to
he used toward the support Of musical students
whom Mr. Franz Kneisel teaches in the summer
ot his home in Blue Hill. Me Members of the
Thursday Musical Club viii take part in the
cert and also Mr.. Kneisel, the Olive Mead Quartet,
Tobu Fnnegan (solo tenor at st. Patricks Cathe-
5raD and Mrs. Beatrice Bowman Flint The chief
4eo+,,re of the prosrar VIII be Bachs concerto
T,r three uianofortes. The arrangements for the
concert are in the hands Of Mrs Sawyer, secretary,
and oswald Garrison Willard, treasurer.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-25
Miss Florence NJ Ayers Becomes the Bride
of Howard L. ROome.

Florence Newman Ayers daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas " Ayers and Howard Lechavalier Room@.
son of Mr.. and Mrs. William !. Roome of New
York, took place st. Matthews Lutheran Church
this afternoon. Mrs. George W Elkns. jr, and
Mrs. jere r. WiCkwirc of Cortland n. Y, were
matrons of honor Mrs Reuben B. Clark. ir., Miss
Emily AIcI<eon. Miss Alice Rogers and Miss Mary
b. Green attended the bride.
The bridegroom attended by his brother.
Clarence s. Roome. as hest man. The ushers We're
j. Watson Webb, James j. Higgnson. jr, Gordon
w. Abbott Bayard c Hoppn and Reginald Roomc.
of New York; Ernest Z. Tracy. of st. Louis; Will
lam McC. Blair. of Chicago. and William F. Knox.
of Pittsburg Mr. and Mrs Roome will make their
home in New York
New-York tribune., 1909-04-25

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir. The writer would like to make protest
against the action Of the Park Department in max
ing a rule which prohibits the double deck buses
from running Riverside Drive. Iuasmuch as
this is the most beautiful parkway or boulevard in
New York, majority of out-of-town visitors gen
orally want to ride over this driveway and visit
Grants tomb Buses are the only means Of tran
sit on the drive whose is reasonable enough
come within the means of the majority of people.
7 should think il would be possible prune the
limbs the along the drive without in any
way destroying their beauty. The types of buses
used here the same those used on the drives
and bouleyaris "f Paris. Berlin and London. that
are lined with trees. CITIZEN.
New York. April l9, 1909.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-25
OBITUARY
CHARLES WARREN sToODARD.

CHARLES WARREN SlOObRHp-
Monterey. Cal. April 24.-Charles Warren stod-
dard the author, died here to-day aged slx'y-hVe'
Charles Warren Stoddard won his chief fame as
the Poet of the South Seas" He spent five years
among the scenes which he h&s described IN MS
wonderful reproduction OF the ever changing hues
of land and under the tropical sun
OF him William Dean Howells once said lie
produced the lightest sweetest, widest freshest
things that ever were written about the life Of
that summer ocean,"
: This genius for vivid description reached us ti
in South Sea IdyIs.' which his critics agree
have genuine lasting qualities, III his haia-i'la
and 'Lahaina" he shows his power as portray E.
of character The latter is simple tragic story Oh
a boy Ieper who is parting from home TO De S'ai-
doned to the doomed colony at MolokaL
Mr.. Stoddard was born in Rochester IN I>to' ll'e
of Samuel Burr Stoddard- In early ne AZ
moved to California, where he entered lne 0t''7
University. Ill health. however prevented sIa'Ua
ton. For a short time he was an actor, but soon
tiring of the life ne took up the newspaper bust
ness and spent seven years as travelling CORE
spondent of The San Francisco Chronlcie' N4S'O-
ing nearly every part of the world
In 1885 he was appointed TO the chair OF hll='-7"
literature in the University OF Notre Dame Ihola'l
and remained there for two years He went to the
Catholic University Of America IN 1881 ana 'l7'-
remained till his death.
Among his published works are Poems. I'o''
South Sea Idyls" 1873; 'Marshallah a FHSHL Ii'''
Egypt ISL, The Lepers Of Molokal- loS'' =
Troubled Heart 1855: Lazy Letters from Low Lat
itudes" 1894; The Wonder Workers OF Padua'
1sqS. "A Cruise I-nder the Crescent from Suez 10
San Marco" 1895 over the Rocky Mountains %
Alaska 1899: I'm the Footprints Of the Fadtea-
1862: Exits and Entrances" 1903; 'For u'e I'e02
ure of His Company" 1903; Father DalllIsll y
Sketch" 1903; The Island Of Tranquil De'lsnIS.
1904: The Confessions OF a Reformed foe' '''''
..1TL-, ayJ,-ET
New-York tribune., 1909-04-25
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
LETTING DOWN THE SPEED BARS.

To The Editor Of The Tribune
sir I see lt IS proposed by Senator Aids u
eliminate from The laws Of this state any reference
10 speed nj which motor cars may be driven Ii
the present law on this subject has proven made
qrlate for the operation of motor vehicles with
some regard for safety the life and limb OF the
citizens Of this community. what can we oxpec;
when all restrictions 20 speed have been re
moved and the question the operation Of an au-
t0rru.fe is left to the discretion Of some OF those
incompetent and ofttmes incbriated chaureurs VINO
now drive like mad through the streets? \ sug-
Eestion has been made that all chauneurs be re
quircd 10 give "a bond upon securing a license To
my mind this a excellent suggestion. as It
is certain that no individual OF surety company
would sign a bond for any chauffeur who had 4
reputation for reckless driving. As most of the
10y rides" take place night the mere display
OF a license number in its present form is alto
eethcr inadequate secure the Identification OF a
car or driver. Why not require the numbers 10 be
Illuminated in such manner as to be plainly visible
at uight2 All the publicly licensed hackInen drive
vehicles which display Illuminated numbers. and L
do not believe It would be impractcable to require
a similar display automobile license numbers.
In view Of the large number Of accidents. resulting
in permanent injury and DEATH which have oc-
CURED within the last few months. something must
be done to make the streets of New York safe for
those who ride in automobiles.
Il. Y FERNANDEZ.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-25
NINE mopJEsKA LEFT ONLY 5000.

Santa Ana Cal. April 24-The will Of the late
Nine Helena Modjeska, which has been filed for
probate was executed on August 26, 1906, and
leaves $4,000 TO 4 sister in Poland and $1,000 70
each OF the children OF Ludwig Opd. Of Los
Angeles, nephew. The rest OF her estate is LETT
10 her husband. Count Bozcnte. The value of the
estate evidently has Gwindled since the viii was
made as yesterday il placed at $1,000, con-
sistiag Of three acres Of land at Tustin, Orange
County siIverware and note for $1,000.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-25
WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN NORWAY.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Ibsen quoted by Mrs. Bell Ranske In
her recent address saying that "the minority,
who possess all the political privileges, will GER
taiulv not Voluntarily share them with the un-
privileged majority" If he correctly quoted.
Ilsen was too pessnistic. Two years ago Norway
gave fun parliamentary suffrage three tifhs of
her women. and already the Royal Council has
recommended its extension to the remaining two
Gfths. ALICE STONE BLACKWELL
Dorchester, Mass, \ pril % 1909
New-York tribune., 1909-04-25
PUBLIC LECTURES ON MUSIC.

Arrangements have been made by the Board Of
Education for number Of special lectures on
music for the coming week, the last in the present
season Of free public lectures for adults, In add-
ton to the music lectures interesting music pro
prarnraes have been arranged Tor the evenings on
which the lectures viii close the various centres
Albert Gerard-Thers. Mrs. Carrie Gilman Ed
yards Frederic Reddan. Miss Gur l. Lenborn,
Mrs. Mary Gregory Murray and others VIII give
ry,rgic lecture recitals.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-25
MR. TAFT PHILOSOPHICAL MEMBER.

Philadelphia April 24.-At the closing session to-
dav OF the annual meeting OF the American Philc-
sophical Society President Taft was elected a mem
Ter of the society. Fourteen other residents Of
the United States and five foreign scientists were
also elected membership. Among the foreign
ers IS Francis Darwin. % Cambridge University.
fcrsland d son of Charles Darwin the famous sci
New-York tribune., 1909-04-25
THE WEATHER REPORT.
Omciai Record and +

OHcia Record and ForeCast-N ashington. AprI -
-Tsuperatur~s continue below the seasonal average
In the Atlantic Gulf states AID from the lake
region the Dakotas. elsewhere they have
risen and are. rule slightly above the seasonal
average There have been showers in the South At
1erc states and along the Gulf coast SHOWS IN the
west upper lake region and showers IN Iowa. Mime
sofa North Dakota and East Nebraska Elsewhere the
weather wa generally fair
There Will be showers SUNDAY alonS the tiult c2as
in he Mississippi Valley and rain or snow
over the northern the southern
lake region. extending SUNDAY night and Monday into
the lower lake region and the north portion OF the
middle Atlantic states and by Monday night into New
England the weather viii be generally tslr
sunday and Monday. although somewhat unsettled IN
Northwest.
for the. next two days and warmer sunday in the
lake reciOn and the Ohio
Valley II colder sunday in the lower Mis-
Valley colder sunday morning night in
the middle and Ohio valleys and the west lower
lake region