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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-29
LENGTHENING LIFE.

century ago man YVES middle aged
at th.rty-fye and an old man at fifty, while
as for a woman. she was on the shelf
either ss an old maid or as a rnatron, at
twenty-six. But nowadays we are In the
period CT perpetual youth, when men are
boys az nifty and women IN their prime as
grandmother Tho obituary columns show
1T what advanced ages we die. for within
The last week che deaths Of two women over
q hundred years of age have been record
ed. while three persons only Just failed TO
reach the century by a. year or two and q
comparatively email number OF the other
deaths were OF persons under seventy years
that sone men of science argued that no
one had ever reached the age of one hun
cred and that the stories OF Old Parr
were ali rubbish. Nowadays no one thinks
of questioning the age OF centenarians, for
the registers attest Il only too clearly. and
TO prove that mankind can live To one hun
dred even without the aid OF the Bulgarian
Bacillus The reason for the increasing
number OF oentena-ians is to be found in
the great advance OF hygiene and SANTA
lion, and perhaps even more TO the fact
that We 90 not eat and drink ourselves into
our graves Moderation In eating and
drinking is with the vast majority the
Ses tire of modern life The vast eaters
snd drinkers of seventy or eighty years
AGO were old men az fifty, and seldom lived
Asyond Exty.-L2ndou Globe.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-29

lions were limited to relatives and close
personal friends. Miss Doughty wore .
gown OF satin charmeuse, with garnitures
OF rose point and duchesse lace. She wore
a tuIle veil and carried nlieS-of- valley.
Her maid Of honor, Miss Jean Dunbar
Adams, was frocked In white embroidered
net made over a soft pink satin and carried
an armful Of pink roses. John Edward Nc
Pherson, OF Kansas City. was tho best man.
There were no ushers.
Eight friends OF the bride. holding old
fashioned nosegays OF bon silene buds and
sweetpeas surrounded by lace rUches. and
a long chain Of roses. formed an aisle
through which she passed. They were Miss
Ethel Adams. Miss Mary R. Babbott Miss
Mary w ChiIds. Miss Katharine Dauchy.
Misc Jeseie Stanton, Of this bo:cugn: Miss
Ccrleia Crane Of Newark: Miss Bertha
Wilbur Of Mystic, Conn.,. and Miss Ell
ga, ca Robinson. of Yonkers. Miss Doughty
received in q gown OF white satin, with an
overoress Of gold lace. and wore a corsage
tououet Of mauve orchids. Mrs Herbert
coward Knox, a sister Of the bride, wore
" tic lace gown. The group Of young
women who acted ~ ribbon bearers were IN
sheer white lingerie frocks. M and Mrs.
Ccckfns are to live IN Meade Kan. Mr..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-29

place quietly IN midsummer, after which
DR.. Cook and his bride will take an ex-
tended wedding trip. DR.. Cook was grad
uated from Syracuse University In 1888. and
Subsequently from ST. James's. London. He
was for several years instructor In diseases
of tho eye and ear at the Cornell Medical
College. where he was assistant surgeon of
the dispenssry. He was formerly chief OF
clinic. St Bartholomew ear department.
and attending surgeon. New Amsterdam
Eye and Ear Hospital. His brothers are
the Rev. c. w. Cook, Of Detroit. and the
Rev. w. Z. Cook, OF Cape Vincent.
The distinguishing event Of the week In
society was the wedding on "Wednesday
evening OF Miss Olga Doughty, younger
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Doughty.
and William WEIGH Cockins, OF Meade,
Kan. Quantities of pink roses. ferns and
Southern snilax decorated the Doughty
home. at No. 2s9 Washington avenue, where
the ceremony was performed at $50 o'clock.
by the Rev. DR.. St. Clair Hester. invita-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-29
PACKER MOVES FORWARD
Institutes Policy Same, but New
Ideas Are Adopted.

Considerable attention Is being attracteo
to the recent changes In. curriculum an
nounced by Packer Institute, resulting
from the reorganization and enlargement
of It's collegiate department. The plan I'D
view has not been to make the Institute
more of college, but simply TO read1us.
the courses to meet the latest ideas IN
education. While comparatively few graz
yates in the academic and high schooi
courses continue on in the higher branches
the institute offers two years of coiiese
training, which are equivalent to the fresh
man and sophomore years in the big Woii-
ems colleges.
The students of the collegiate depart
ment have open to them thirty COURSES
equivalent to sixty semestral courses rep
reseptins work in English, Latin, German
French. history, economics. social sciehce'
history of art, mathematics and science
astronomy, bacteriology, botany, householo
chemistry. physics, photography. psychoi-
ogy and geology. In the scientlfc CURSES
stress is laid on the laboratory WORK III
the language and mathematics courses 'iio
principal change is the realiotneht Oh TIME
given to recitatious and the amount of in
oenendent work demanded of students.
Under tbe old arrangement the student
met her instructor daily. limiting the num-
Der of courses open. The new plan re-
quires only three hours of class work
weekly. which enables the students 10
carry five courses at a time
For ffty-six years the institute has been
engaged in the work of educating young
women. The opening, in 1854, preceded
that of Vassar college, the first of che col
Ieges for women. Up to the time that vas,
sar received its charter Packer was looked
upon as one of the higher institutions
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-29
TRIP TO CATSKILLS
Newspaper Men Enjoy Visit to
Rip Van Wrinkles Land.

Natures playground. the beautiful Cats
kills, opened the summer resort season vi"
Thursday morning, when the Circulation
Managers Association of New York ana
vicinity made their fifth annual pilgrimage
to its hospitable doors
The party, embracing between nfty an"
sixty members of the association, Sunday
editors. artists and men prominent in the
newspaper field. left New York on Wednei-
day night as the guests of the Catskil
Evening Line on board the hahosoiiie
steamer Onteora.
Catskiu was reached early on Thursday
morning. IL is a beautiful village. famous
as a resort and as a busy. enterprlsins
town. noted for it's hospitality as we'll as TOT
having an enterprising Board OF Trade
IN the arrival of the visitors there they
were met by committee from the Board
o< Trade and saw the points Of interest IN
and about the village
Breakfast and luncheon were served at
tho ,ev Hart House After luncheon the
PARTY were taken over the Catskill Noun
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-29

tain. Otis and Catskill ana rarsuervvs,,.
railroads TO Haines Falls Tho dav ,h.
spent in sightseeing proved an fntsrs,,in.
one. and there are few OF the member, J,
the party who will ever forget the irnnr..-
sive view from the summit OF ths ot,a R.u-
road or the beauties Of Twilight. Sam,
Cruz or Sunset parks.
Loxhurst, one Of tire most atsraetsr.
houses at Haines Falls. was visited and N.
respects of the party rendered to Mr.. and
Mrs C.. A Martin. the owners.
The party returned to Catskiil. reach,,,
there at $50 o'clock. and were conveyed !,
the Grant House. where the Board OF Trsa,
their honor.
The Grant House Is Sne OF the most beau
tifuI places In the mountains and enjoys a
wide reputation. but Manager Cornell OUT.
did himself IN making a success Of the ban.
quet.
The interior Of the house and the osauu.
full grounds were prettily decorated and tns
menu was an elaborate one
On Friday morning the party was taken
By special trolley to Catskin Point. whers
they embarked on the steamer Robert Fui-
ton for New York.
The sail was the most inspiring part q
the trip, and the day spent on the Fulton
was voted one Of the pleasantest events n
the history Of the organization
Luncheon was served on board, the vsv
from the spacious dining-rcorns being fully
as pleasant as the view from the promenade
decks.
The party reached New York az p. n.
The entire trip. which was under the a.
rection OF Richard s. Barrett. publicity rep
resentative Of the Catskills. and under ths
auspices OF the Hudson River Day Line. tas
CatskiI1 Evening Line, the Catskin Board
OF Trade, the Grant House, A j. Lock,
manager Of Maple Lawn, Cairo; George
Duncan. Duncan villa. South Cairo, and c.
4 Martin. Of Haines Falls. was voted one
Of the most successful affairs ever orssr-
tied and one that will cause the members
pre.ent to remember the Catskills for many
years to come
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-29

at 7:3o o'clock Miss Gertrude c. Hosford
will become the bride Of William PAU
Allen in the Puritan Congregational
Church. and hour later in the Classon
Avenue Presbyterian Church the nupdais
Of Miss Lillian Dyer and Albert Nathan
Gates will be celebrated. Interest on the
Park Slope Will be centred in the home
wedding of Miss Irene Kelly, daughter OF
John T Kelly, of No. 203 Berkeley Place,
and Dr. William z. McCollum, while In
Flatbush society will throng to ST Paufs
Church for the marriage of Miss Enid
Rice and Charles Stanton Higgins.
Later IN the evening Miss Myrtle Teele
will be married to Sidney Herbert Foale
at the home of her parents, Mr. and MIS-
Horace Granville Teele, No. 442 Grand ave-
nue. Three important weddings are set for
Thursday. AS that of Theodore Pratt, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles NJ. Pratt's son, to Miss
Laura Merrick takes place in New Orleans
a large number of people from this Dor
ough will be prevented from attending.
The wedding is one of the first rank here
nevertheless, because of the prominence of
the Pratt family. At o'clock Miss Mary
Worth and John Ditmars will be married
in the quietest manner possible at the
Worth home, No. 314 Cumberland street.
Also 10 De raLDer quietly SOlefnHlZeu Is inc
wedding on Thursday evening of Miss Min
nie Behrends and George Halstead Olney,
which will take place at the home of the
brides brother, Jesse Hatch Behrends No.
467 Waverly avenue. Friday is generally
eschewed as a wedding day by brides. but
Saturday will bring the wedding of Miss
Marjorie Turnbull and Wallace Waddell in
the Church Of the Holy Trinity.
Miss Mary Emily Curtis, of Manhattan.
will be the only attendant of Miss Minnie
Behrends on the occasion of her marriage
to George Halstead Olney, on Thursday
next, at the home of her brother, Jesse
Hatch Behrends, No. 4S7 Waverly avenue
Henry Olney Will be his brothers. best man.
The bride is a daughter of the late Rev.
DR.. A J. T. Behrends and a sister Of Mrs.
Allan Fairchild Cook.
A noteworthy engagement just announced
IS that of Miss Bertha Croker daughter
Of Mrs. Maurice A. Cornell, of No. ISL
Herkimer street, and DR.. Henry E. Cook,
Of Manhattan. The marriage will take
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-29

~ learning for women At the opening %
per cent of the students registered IN tne
COLLEGIATE department were from out %
town. In those days the advanced COURSES
were English, mathematics, Butter Anai
oey. moral and intellectual phiiosophy'
evidences of Christianity, natural theoiosy'
logic, geography Of the heavens, DoeaiiS'
physics and chemistry Everything was
was taught strictly from the textoooh-
While Packer has lost nothing IN tn7
Of the educational IRE OK 'no
nation keeping up to the growing seanu
ard of the educational world. II mas 10"
become almost strictly local ihs'i'u'io,i-
while the number of students In the cor
Iepiate department is about the same TINS
,,aar as II was fifty-six years ago. only five
are from out of town
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-29

A noteworthy engagement just announced
IS that of Miss Bertha Croker. daughter
of Mrs. Maurice A. Cornell, of No. ISL
Herkimer street, and DR.. Henry E. Cook,
of Manhattan. The marriage will take
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-29
BROOKLYN SOCIETY
Weddings and Engagements
GIee Club Concert.

June. the month Of brides and roses Will
be ushered In Wednesday with no less than
half a dozen weddings, four OF which are
to be large church ceremonies
In the Church Of the Messiah Miss Ruth
Bowers. daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. John H.
Bowers. will be married to Edward Brew
ster Kemble at 4:5O O'Clock. That evening
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-29
A TROLLEY CATCHER.

j. w. Barnes. OF Bath, has just COM
pleted trolley catcher. The catcher"
is v shaped attachment. one arm of
which projects upward from each side of
tho wheel When the wheel slips off the
trolley 1t hits one or the other of the arms
and slides back, guiding accurately to the
centre 1t works automatically. Mr.
Barnes has fine working model for trial
He has received scores of letters in re-
gard to his observation-disclosures Journal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-29
BOROUGH GOSSIP
Methodist Home for the Aged To
Be Greatly Enlarged.

Work on the proposed addition to the
Methodist Episcopal Home for the Aged
viii begin next fall. and will be completed
Within q wear The plans call for q hVe
story structure Of one hundred rooms ana
q chapel The outlay for the Improvement
will be sI75.0oo. The erection of an addi-
.ion has been made necessary by the crowd
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-29

At luncheon given on Wednesday in
the RED room OF the Crescent CLUB Miss
Grace e. Russell. daughter of the late
Thomas Russell. OF No. 6s7 Ocean avenue.
announced her engagement to Thurston
Rupp. son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Rapp.
The table appointments wero In red, tho
oentrep!see being . heart Of roses The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-10

the payment OF old-age pensions. Not
withstanding the immense interests In
volved. the government provided an al
together inadequate machinery for ad-
ministerng this fund. Apparently. no
effective checks were instituted to insure
an honest administration OF this trust.
The fact now appears that practically
all of the immense fund derived from the
seizure of the church properties has dis
appeared. dissipated in extortfonate fees
and stolen by grafters. The whole truth
about this gigantic fraud may never be
known. Bookkeeping scandals are always
hard to reduce to plain terms. and 1t is
likely that no one will ever know where
all the money went
a political effect is sure TO result from
this disclosure. The government is. of
course. responsible in that il failed to pro-
vide proper means to safeguard its own
interests and those of the individuals with
claims against the fund. Already re-
sounding chorus of indignant accusation
is arising from the clerical press, and
lines are forming for another of the fierce
campaigns of accusation and defense from
which France periodically suffers. 1t IL
not difficult to foresee rapid succession
of broken ministries with an occasional
recrudescence of royalist agitation. France
has weathered many storms and will
probably pass through this trial success
fully, but the process is painful and costly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-10
The New French Scandal.

When things go wrong in France they
go so far wrong that the resulting scan
dals are far-reaching in their effects The
Panama scandal wrecked ministries
brought France To the verge of social
revolution, ruined scores of individual ca
reers and brought death To many, be-
sides bankrupting large part of the pop
ulation. The Humbert scandal was less
seriouS in its effects. but il was never
theless of national Significance and shook
the political and financial foundations of
the republic. The Dreyfus affair. while
not financial was international in its
consequences. and Is even yet an influence
In the adjustment of French affairs
Now comes the scandal over the proper
ties of the disestablished church. the ef-
fects OF which cannot now be measured
but which will undoubtedly be danger
ousN far-reac aching.
When France undertook to disestabisl
tire church il took possession of the
physical properties of the congregations
amounting to some S2OO.OOO.OOO. This
measure Of seizure was sought to be JUS
tined the ground that the funds de-
rived from the sales of the properties were
to be applied to social reform, such a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-10
Hat Pins.

What il being sought in Chicago in the
way OF a regulation OF the length of
women's hat pins should be the universal
rule The monstrous creations which
adorn the feminine heads nowadays have
been accompa nied in their expansion up
ward and outward by an exaggeration OF
the spear or skewer used to hold the
hat on the head. Some of these hat pins
are eighteen inches In length, veritable
lances, menacing to all who fan within
the radius OF action. The masculine Pc
titioners for relief from the hat pin men
ace do not object to their actual use
in their proper capacity of preventing
the combinations of wires, features. silks
and other miscel.anea from soaring aloft.
Ii is recognized that some means must
be devised to keep the hats in place. But
II is not necessary that the pin should
protrude two or three inches beyond
the brim, to rake every countenance that
il within reach, possibly to cause blind
ness In Chicago the proposed ordinance
against the protrusion OF hat pins more
than one-half an inch beyond the crown
has been resisted on the ground that
hat pins are women's only defensive weap-
ons and that the common council has no
right 10 deprive the feminine jewellers o.
the lake city Of the right Of seh-protec-
ton. jogging from the dinicuties that
are experienced by some women In re-
moving their hats at theaters and other
places Of entertainment. the drawing of
a hat pin for defensive purposes would
hardly be swift enough to - effective. II
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-10
Black Hand Terrorism.

The chief difficulty in the way of Sc
curing convictions in cases of black hand
outrage. where the blackmailers or as
sailants are arrested. lies in the terror
ism exercised by the members of this
criminal organization over its victims
and their friends. In many instances
well established cases of guilt have been
brought into court, there to fail Of alb
soute proof because the prosecuting wit
nesses have at the crucial moment re-
fused TO testify in positive Identification,
for fear OF being killed by friends Of
the defendants. 1t has been asserted
that a we'll understood code of signals
rs used in COurtTooms by which MEM
bers of these gangs still at liberty con-
yey 10 witnesses unmistakable warnings
OF death if they persist in giving testi-
fcony,
\ case of this kind has just occurred
81 New York. An Italian was robbed
and severely slashed after having re-
fused to yield blackmail The police
arrived on the scene so quickly that two
of his assaiIants were identified and cap
tured. These men offered to plead guilty
to assault in the first degree, evidently
hoping that their pleas would cause an
abandonment of further prosecutions and
fences. But another defendant was put
on the stand and the victim of the
assault was so terrified by the threats
that were plainly being made silently
in the courtroom. that he begged the
court 10 excuse him from answering
questions. at least until he could re-
cover from his wounds and be thus in
a position to defend himself from attack.
FINALLY as an object lesson the court
held him in contempt on his refusal TO
testify. a punishment which the witness
frankly acknowledged was preferable to
the risk of assassination which he would
run. even with police protection.
This a serious state of affairs II
calls for the most thoughtful considera-
tiOn on the part OF municipal authorities
in this country. Here is virtually an
avowed criminal enterprise drawing an
untold sum in tribute under threats of
death. TIE judicial processes are defied
and rendered ineffective by the system of
terrorism practiced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-10

was proposed in Chicago mat if women
want to carry daggers and stilettoes they
should do so frankly, tucking them In
their belts and perhaps protecting them
selves from self injury by sheaths and
scabbards Indeed, a belt-worn spine Of
the hat pin kind would be much more
easily drawn and used in an emergency
such that which II Is said sometimes
confronts the women of Chicago in their
strolls about the city. II the women in
sist upon wearing hat pins as swords at
their girdles the men may perhaps with
justification seek the right to transform
themselves into walking arsenals and re-
vert to the old frontier style Of carrying
guns in the belt. Frankly worn weapons
are not as dangerous as concealed weap-
Gus and a hat pin, masquerading as a
fastener. certainly falls in the latter
class.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-10
The Nomination of Harrison

When the republicans met in national
convention In 1883 they were in divided
and discouraged condition. democrat
occupied the White House, and in his
campaign for reelection would enjoy the
aid of the whole of the federal patronage.
He was not popular. but the extent OF his
unpopularity. or the course 1t would take
at the polls. was not then within the
range of partisan calculation. The re-
publicans knew that only the very strong
est nomination would make success for
them possible.
Mr.. Blane's friends wanted him to try
again. He was abroad travelling, but well
in formed of the situation at home and
reluctant to yield to his friends wishes.
Finally he decided not to yield, and I'M
doubtedly decided wisely. There is good
reason TO believe that had he run again
he would have been again defeated New
York would have proved the same STUN
bling block TO him that year as in 1884.
With Mr. Blaine out, the contest became
an open and a spirited one. Mr.. Sher-
man-long a presidential aspirant, and a
very able man--was active. but handicap
ped by defeat in three national conven-
lions. Gen. Algeria mediocre man of
large weaIth-offered, but had no strength
in pivotal territory. Mr.. Depew's nomina-
ton was never possible. and would have
presented the election to Mr.. Cleveland on
a salver. A railroad president. With large
connections in Wall street. would at that
time have gone to sure defeat as a ma
tional candidate.
Indiana had two able and very attrac-
tive men. Gen. Harrison and Judge
Gresham were both of presidential size
and of national reputation. The former
had served a term in the Senate, while
the latter had served in Mr.. Arthurs cabi-
net, first as Postmaster General, and then
as Secretary of the Treasury. Gen. Har-
rison was now the leader of the Indiana
bar while Judge Gresham was sitting on
the federal bench.
Politically. Gen. Harrison was the
stronger in every way, and was chosen
party in a dilemma never acted with
better judgment. The nomination grew
in favor from the day il was made, the
candidate in his deliverances displayed
all of his superior qualities, and landed,
with votes to spare. He proved to be the
very man for the emergency.
The record of the Harrison administra-
ton is one of the best in our history:
and when we consider what occurred be-
tween March. 1893. and March, 1897.
with the bills of every kind the country
had to pay. 1t is safe to say that the
most colossal and expensive blunder the
American electorate ever committed at
the polls was its refusal to indorse a man
who in the highest office had shown HIM
self SO worthy of Endorsement. The bunco
game which overthrow him recoIled and
crushed its authors.