The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-12
ART AMONG THB MULdGANS
LAPSES INTO row WERCIsLISW
FOR AZ ACTION SAFE.

BoNeS Ter the Manual HAIL aoin Wtthout
the Ald ss niG Tim MF. NulltgaH
Sllni.eM Pass She Highest Price
-krrnoehan CSmes In Win shea
A. one leaves the Bcwery at No. ~ and
climbs the softly cArpeted stairs to the
rOOHs or the Lawrence Mulhgan Azso-
citation on the first floor front the atmos-
phere of better things envelopes him.
There IL the more complete life.
I'm entering one sees directly before
him on the fre-coed wall a chrome Of Mr..
Lawrence Mulligan in the daring noe
furne motif Of a Whistler. half cOncealinR.
half revealing the near landscape of
1olka dot tie and family striped shirt
and barely suggesting the square. mas
terTul chin. Bevond that ~ . Turner
copy of a portrait OF the late District At
torney william Travers Jerome. softly
masterful IN touch yet liFelike.
There IL a pianoforte in an alcove. with
the rack stacked high with masterpieces
Greg. Ruhinstein and the later ro-
mAnticists, B~sides this IL q bookcase:
the dogeared volumes include a COM
plete set OF the writings 81 NictNsche,
Gibbons Roman Empire the terribly
sad ballads Of villon in the archaic French.
the thundcrs Of Werther and the dysPep-
tic mouthiRgs Of TeufelsClrockh. hy the
aide Of the bookcase there is a Japanese
sang de boeuf cuspidor Of the early TOku-
kswa period and a matChsAfe of the Ming
dynasty. both temperamental. rare
old Afghan weave. the prints OF some
| Loroastrian devotee's knees still utSon II.
draws the colors of the carpet TO IL and
harrnonizss them in a mystic symphony
Here in this little world OF the better
things. above the mol and sordidness OF
the Bowery. Mr.. Augustus Tubero~e
MacAIa nnug stood Last night vigorously
defending HIS concept Of the eternal
/ human against the trenchant assaults
% another member OF the Lawre nee
/ MulhsAn Association. Mr. LucretiuS
March
i bold with the brave little thinker OF
ROcken.- MIR. MncMannns was saying.
-thPt the lOrCily egoist who exploits other
men for his own suStenance and who
rises on the stepping stones OF their dead
selves To more exalted things ". after AL.
the OVerman. the Febs'rnr' HNeA Nletzscfe
IL right when he Hays that each of IN - but
AGRA wing pa rticle ot prOtoplasm whichde-
YOURS weaker particles and swells with
the suh~t ance Of those weaker psrticls--
Not pessImlsn This. though | grant you
that in lie narrower sense heoer rTed-
unitarian and the elemental. hut see
how in the end IL - but the idealistic etn-
! bodiment Of the facts made known by
Darwin and amphted by Pasteur and by
Metchnikoh
MIR MarV,h drew a COPY Of Dante Gabriel
Ro-~etti from the bookcase and was hastily
thutnhng the leaves to draw AN excerpt
with which to sharpen ms reply when
District leader Solomon Smallcake from
Houston - rect who n one Of the as-Ocia-
ton. Justly apprectR ted masters ON the
/ planoforte whirled his stool to the proper
elevation. sat down before the keys and
hegan "A dreamy prelude ia the minor
Finding his soul responsive Mr small
/ cake allowed his fancy 20 lssd HIM To the
ballad Baby Days. Baby Days. Don't
/ Forget Your Baby Dsys He sang Il
| feelingly
Now Ro-etti says Mr.. March
had Just begun to read his excerpt when
the beers came in. Three Of the club
/ memters bore them and they disp@ns~d
them with cultured grace. five beers to
each hand and each member takes his
/ bser away from the restraining finger
without disturbing the others. Like
Oscar Wilde dividing a strawberry for
breakfast. the grace OF q.
Then while Mr.. MacMhnnus and Mir
March siill argued sotto voce on th-
matter of Nietzsche's Fundamentally A.
derunan John J White. Who ~ also
member OF the Lawrence MulhgAn As~o-
/ citation. advanced to the Louis Ouatorzs
tAbouTet at the end OF the room and said
| Members and friends. We will now pro-
coed TO the auctloning of the boxes Tor
the grand annual masquerade and civic
3 balI Of the Lawrence Mulligan Association
10 be held m Terrace Garden on 81
/ Patrick q eve. lam sorry that your worthy
friend Timothy n Sullivan. SENATOR
from the Third district. cannot - present
tonight to s.rv- IN this delicate capacity
which has ipe-n foistsd upon me-. Never
thel"Ss. bearing your confidence, viii
do my bcSt TO s-rv" as an impartial atIc-
tlOneer What am bid for first choIc-
Of the boxes
from the rear ~ the room Two hundred
dollars representing The Hon. IAWr~no"
Mull,gau
zach Of the membsr. present feeling
a certain dehcacy attaching 10 The SlttIa
ton r~frained from oNerbidding the
Loader aud NV Cornmon consent box -
went 20 Mr MuliGan Then second choice
was announced Nv Assemblyman White.
and a hid 81 $50 remained unC hallenged.
for here again IN" chubby ceiling 90 the
members rose uppermo-t. This bid was
nads. nv representative Of the Hon
Timothy ~ sullivan, and IL was not meet
that one should top the Hon sullivan.
Prom that on the bids for places Of van
tan. al the salon which ~ tai be held under
the auspices Of the association on the eve
Of 81 Patrick's day went around aud
around the clubrOoTns. Magist "a t.
Frederick k~rnochan bld tI0O for Box
IL Mr. Joe Adler paid tloS for Boa ~.
JtIdR. Dinnsan allowed hts enthusiasm
T., ret the. better Of his Clubbne-s. and he
topped fellow member by 81 for another
boN NJ Thomas Powers and Count
West house. who ~ favorahiy known a.
a r-pre-entatiV" or certain brand 81
FranCe's pride. also bought. There were
twenty seven boxes sold. and - aSO were
the TO, proceeds for 10 assoCiat on