The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-27
A CHEYALER AND THEN SOME
LOUIS STEcKLER GETS 4 NEW
DECORATION FROM ITALY.

vsrrazsAnS HslDsa. bot ThAt was Some
TINE AsO- Ouly a.00O NsesabeTa % Hla
OraeP n ire world ana One % Them De-
. Khs-Another Do EisssT BaFsosSl.
There b . possibility that 70 Giovanni
da VsrrAEaAnO had not sailed IN and
Oue % The North River in IS2A without
stopping 70 bury his records near the
Aquarium Louis Steckler might not have
been abls 20 produce for inspection yea
terday at his 3si Broadway Law ofics
he decoration which entities him 20 re-
cstvS mail a. -Chevaller Odicial oG the
Order OF the Crown OF Italy Other
things might have happened To the same
end. but Verragzano seemed To realize
sse years ago that he could ID Mr. S'~ckler
a handsome services ana thereby cltnch
matters for all time. 10 he left no records
Time passed. Much time passed. u
vas decided 70 celebrate the discover
OF the Hudson. But did verrazxan"
receive even honorable mentioul No,
siri There wasn't q whisper about the
Italian explorer. Henry Hudson. who
had found Q recordless river eighty-four
years after tho sailing in and sailing out
incident Of verraxzano. was tho one that
goe his name on the large hills.
SO many transplan,ed Italian patriots
and Mr.. Steckler held counsel among
themselves. reasoning IN this wise: WI"
10 this Hudson personl What u he did
navigate the river to which his name
has become generally attached VIII"
really did the job Cries OF VERNE
sanc'' and hearty applause. !, wns To"
late To petition tho Legislature for
change in the rivers name. The public
would hardly take kindly 20 the idea
OF referring to the Verrazsano Terminal
Buildings or Of mentioning a day boat
ride on tho verraIzano. and no photoE
rapher would label a picture Looking
north from West Point the Nsrraz zano
by Moonlight" No. that was out ~
he question. But another celebration'
personal. private. chubby little Crle-
bratIon with q statue to unveil or some
thing The idea was greeted with much
enthusiasm.
So Mr.. Steck ler who was already
Chevalier for having occurred a Comnuta-
ton Of q death aentenc~ for Anna Nal~n-
tina over in New Jersey ~ l0O5 and Editor
Barsoiti OF ~ PropTssso ana many mora
began 20 get busy. Tn October q. he
week after the Hudson Fulton CelebTa-
down To the BATTERY Amid IN" harInG
Of bands. and the TaradinE Of sailors
! from the Italian hattle-hips and the
epoch making of many ana the waving
OF embracing nags from two countries
NerrazzanoH bronze image was INV . lasi
\ tn the world A. one ~ the v,o~-prrsi
dents ri the COMMITTEES IN charge Mr.
Sseckler was on the grand stand
! some report % his snare m the DAYS
exercises and the events that preceded
Victor Emmanuel. II has taken he kIng
siN months to decide uTon a flung Sa~
m which 90 reward Mr. Steckler Only
Yesterday Mr. Steck ler received nOtifi, a
ton from Dr IA Rosa. the acting hali'n
. I onsul General that u he would como
around ~ the consulate on the third foor
~ building a. the corner ~ - ring and
Lafayette streets he would find a packaEN
waiting there for him. Mr. Steck ler went
and that was why Yesterday no onuld
put on" foot on the radiator of tho ono
that looks down 0u IN" turmoil ~ Broad
wav and aCro~a CITY Hall Park and draw
out th" little red rather Case that hsId
the decoration
L really dnn'v consider u snvthnC hat
a distinc'ICa. Said MIR Stock lsr a. no
stroked his si!ky black t'ard. and th"u
With frequent glanCs.S a tVpevrit'en
sheet re~~Ivet from Edi'or Iars~'tn Who
had hem similarly honor~i hs. cont ,nuad
The original ~ that cross m the face
1t the medal vas made from q nail taken
from the truSs On which Jesus nTi-'
was cr1Icif~d. So am informed 80 nv
rate The eagle IN the reverse -ide - tho
insignia ~ the Order. - which the KING
- the active head
He prUc~sdssst - tell that the ORDER never
has an enrolment ~ moro than 2.OO nn+
IL mai" up II rive stages ~ rank FirS'
you ara = Chevalier. fh~n ChsValier
Offlcial after that Commentators. fol
lowing which Won becoms n f'ra11 pAi~,al
and then \ Chevalier ~ thu Grand Gross
And after that are you a king he was
asked
-Oh. hardly think So answered. Mr.
StSckler nodsStly
Mod was the keynote - his hoar.
ing in regard - tho d~c1rlttOn
-DoubtlesS the distinction will hiring
With u prestige from the viewpoint -
thoee who come 20 sNek your prpf~@sio nal
Ecrvic@s. suggested some cne
-Oh. I dom hcl@ve tho llify will lo0k
up 20 one thus decorated - any Grels
eVt~nt.- returned the ChevalieT off~,al
One NJ the afternoon papers declared
that With the new decoration Mr. Stackl
that Is 70 s1v. Chcvale- Official St~~Eier
ASSUMED the title ~ Colonel Count
This - recipient % the honor denied en-
phatIcaliy BIT lest his natural TnOceSty
should have l~d him - balittle the ap-
purteaances of the distinction. a trIp wpS
made to the Italian Consulate for tho ex-
pre~s purpose ~ inquiring about 'h's
young man with bllcS nu-t1che
was discovered dictating letters RAPIDLY
TO n sSenographer VIII could jot down
Italian Shorthand ard speak English at
the 81 me- time
Colonel Count''- repeated the Young
man With derision And then followed
many words of Italian whicn the ste
nogrAph~r did not TAX" down Tho only
comment in English which finally emerged
was -How stu-p~ed'' From whirh u may
oa assumed that unless Won want 10 oTend
Chevalier Ofiicial S;scklsr .; would h= ~=li
not % addresa him AZ Colonial Count