The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-14
RAT CAICHRRAND HHB MAYOR
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Des'ined For bua TSaiS PslssIrs.
n" city's most talked IL ran raashar
tta-.es " Frey. has rnsu-neS oral and
-G's'nlary communication With Mayor
William ,, 0aynoT. Mr.. Frey. WIN a.
b. himself sava has male rat eaiehir n
ami general eStermir asioa an honovsd
profession. made aaotksr cali nt tho
'1ty Hall yesterday Hpon recslLt of a
second letter from ERE Marrow.
The Mayor and the TStsrminator talked
~ more than half Al hour on the a,Ib-
I"cts Of rata. Epictsaia. watarb,Ia..
caches. exemption fram jury duty.
tnotharhes among our Judges. Petrarch's
written stun, PiuiarCh ard osIcs ana ends
tt"rmir ator Prey In ITcwidcr' 81 ,h..
Moqriy Club. polHica, nFrnniyation
- m" Twenty -tonrih AsscIal,lv dbtrist
winch supp0rtei Mayor day or Ia th.
a. election.
Mr. Frey says No iea-r al Yesterday
from the Mayors nNn Iip~ vhv Mr. Cav
TOR pref~rs Epictsf,n 20 mo<s othrr for
"Srers. The friandship I,tvc.a tho
Mayor and Mr.. Frey ~ N,a - rcmem-
Tered. reached the persOt nj visiting stat.
when tire ExtermiI ataF trote 70 the
Mayor last month 70 ask vkaiher there
wasn't sOrn@ method Nhsr... y pTofrs-
-tonal RAJ catcher with q ~ecrss. proce~.
ant therefore without afRistaats couId
Dc" eNc'i~ed from jury duty. Mayor
Gaynor hot only arsN erei the first letter
hw a tew days after the incident he wrote
the nott.ral clIb president N tire Rc.eraI
sf".i that Upon reading THE SUS's re-
nilr~s ahout the rat catcher the Mayor
was tpi!y "onvircsd that the rat catcher
a." Was = scholar and a gentleman
I asked Mayor Gaynor point hIa-k
Yesterday said Mr. Frey last evesirR
after returning from the CITY Han TO
his fat IN Harlem. why ~ al the philoao-
piers Epictctua Nas his Iavorite
Mayor Gaynor's answer. accorning
Ia IA" Exterminator. vas that tire MavoV
esr~rta,y admired EpictetiA Ee~an-e
the arcleht PHILOSOPHER Ia left nothing
in his own handwriting. Ire hour a.
which Mr. Prey told ~ thu siatemsnt
oi the MAYOR vas 20 ,a:~ thai u wee
de~meb ina1visapI~ tn re;ura 10 the
Ma~cr's ofticc TO AJAX Mr. 6synor ~hether
h. raj In mind tho recent care. OF som.
public .re1 who sus-eret irconvenissir~
and distr~~s by leaving svo'md thcuGhi-
l-ssly some of fheir ia.ermo.t thoughts
IA tf~ir own ha- oN Tltins
That very AnSwer c~pv,nceI me of
what I have thNgNt tn- = long time.
that Mayor Gsypog 10 q ve-y GN~ . m1n.-
the rat cstcher went % One thing I
should like 20 have told him only feIrcd
! would gp tn Tar nd thrt IL that vast
quantity ~ the great worS Of this glori-
o,- country 10 still - - d NE personally
by Ms ger GA-nnr'
Nou mo m th . b, II jcstiDs! - he the
next -
-ENrctly that rnsve-cti Mr. Frey
During gu ttls tod We did mt dis
ours tie support our independent Demo
crate club give - II. h-yor dur 1ng
his otrnpsiSn Ncve; wcu'd tar OF
speak IT ~ la THE SUN bec u3e u
brought Il Up Mr. GEyODT wouhi thlOE ;
ans sycSphaOt
Z bow "a n one continued the RI .
sSy in5r he would De Gid 20 give 70 a
reporter his impre-Sions of the Mayor. .
I never could tLNe orders n ny life.
am tire very O--t Of ~ G itclees uatns D
secret process t1s; u u my oSn. 9 nc
an now IN a posIticn 20 dictste my own .
terms.
You will do me a favor by rep Drting .
tina: Jhink Mr.. Gsynor ono OF our gre q
men His lette.S % me. 8 humble- ctti- 7
zen. have done more 70 show ms DenSc-
Gayncr writes me that be REID OF our
oorrespondeuce only in THE SUN. but | /
assured HIM that the correspondence
was published IN many papers through
out the State and country.
How excellent Il would have been
some one said 60 me only the other day.
n you had but received this publicity
when you we're just starting IN AZ your
profession But even II the puolhctty
has come when ! am an established rit
cstchcr ! rejoice in the incident because
- the untold good IL has done Mayor
Are you osscisIly eaEsEed to Seeure
Sd tx TO- the SeT r,, Ts hS - 1d oert.in
circles th.'t Mr.. FaeY. rith~siNh licking
the formal title q coTft .issio<lsr. was
he. 4 - a department % 0crynin eztermi-
nation
replied the rat ~ tchsr. 10y CHEATS ere
100 numerous % permit y, nv giving my
time IN municipal wOrS- am OF too
ndepeudsnt = netgiro 10 permit the city
wears II my life hsvo bee0 given 20 PEI
fecting myself IN my progessson. During
nv student days | thoughtfuhy give 81
tsntiOn To my teacher when he expeFi-
mented with various chemicnl - on DINER
"nt kinds 10 insects. Then the words Of
szar. had rpthcr he fret in ihP' little
y village than second in Rome. cTme TO
ms. aud ! decided TO make myself the
foremost in my profession. am. i
TIE Mayor and the ExterminF tor de-
voted more time TO digcusstng philosoPhi-
cal and literary clessics yesterday thru
- the FnStter ~ jury exemption. although
'rs rat catcher did feel lrs' evening that
M.yor GAynor IN willing to do I'll Mayor
IN 10 toward preventing repetition OF
gr- -rectacle ~ : dean of rSf catchers
wasting valuable time in . jury boz
lsfenIng Ia the petty sauabbles 20 hh-
giants II
somehow fe.l I shSIl never hive 70
-e-ye on jury agrin.- SIR. Frey assured
LES StS late irSt night
Now - - Mayor 0aynor. he con-
? rIad During my visit ~ bis Office
p, tay Z ASKED Mayor GaynOr 1t one
rnrut 10 our very iuteresting discourse
v.y = wss tar Piuta -ch nowhere IN hts
! 80 - much a. mentions kptctetus.
Ner- they contsmporarte@P pr.
GSvuor asked me assured hum that
%. th had lived In the FIRST and eecond
'-arIriss Fpictetus dying ~ the aRo 81 ,
:. wears Mr. Gaynors sKp4Gnation
~ delay until q later period o. tne
'aT.@ IT fpictetue might be eSpiesned
'h- fact that the philosopher hadn't /
81 - hi- thoughts in writing. Imnne- I
flt'slv recalled then that u was ATrtMn.
fF- tis cifils a the brilliant atOic rhi- 4