Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-05
Just a Line
About Men
You Know

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AS John Mccormack, the wonderful
young Irish tenor, was leaving Kruger
Auditorium last night after the con-
cert, he was surrounded in the lobby
by a rather distinguished group OF adj
mirers, including Madame Schumann-
Heink and a number of wealthy men
and women of Newark and the Or
anges. 1t had been their intention to
give him a banquet, but he had ex-
planned he must be in Hoboken by mid
night in order to catch his boat.
A youth, collar upturned and cap
over his eyes. passed the entrance of
the auditorium and, looking up, ex-
claimed: Hello, Mac"
why, hello. Gallagher" cried the
great tenor, recognizing In James Gal
lagher, of 1853 Prospect street, East Or
ange, a schoolmate at summer Hill
College, County Sligo. Ireland. What
are you doing over fere?"
The friends clasped hands and Nc
Cormack said: That's the hand l
broke for you playing football; remem-
ber?' The ensuing conversation con-
sumed all of the time the world-re-
nowned singer had to spare, n when
Gallagher had asked to be remembered
to the old folks at home and had been
warmly invited to come across and pay
a visit, Mccormack turned to the dis
tinguished group, to the members of
,-Aa.t. L. haA s,,e4 haaa ;ntroSIood ord
shaking Gallagher's hand warmly
again, said: Goodnight ALL"
Then he stepped into the waiting car
rlage and was whisked toward the sta
ton.
Commissioner Charles F. Kraemer,
of the Board of Works, liz an NJ. D..
During a discussion at a meeting OF
the board as to the ~advisability or
building a swimming pool in a bath
the question of its being sanitary was
brought up. Each commissioner had
something to say on the subject until
it was DR.. Kraemer's turn 10 talk. He
agreed with the majority that a pool
was not sanitary, put he said 1t in
such an NJ. D. tone that no one would
have dared to contradict him ~ If
he differed with the doctor.
Richard V. Lindabury, general coun-
sci for the Prudential Insurance Com
pany and senior member of one of the
busiest law firms in the State, has a
way of handling cases in court SO as
to infuse life into them. Even into the
driest of chancery litigation he man
ages to inject some human interest and
to eliminate as far as possible the
prosaic. Mr.. L~indabury, although in
the full flush of a most successful
career, is as democratic in his ways
today as he was when he practised law
in a small way in Elizabeth.
A friend OF a well-known local law
est office boy in the country, He re-
lated the following incident to bear
him out:
The lawyer mad taken a liking to the
y%oungster and engaged him as Office
boy. The lad was given a lot OF rein
and was in the habit of running to the
door Of his employers office, stick his
head in and say. I'm going to the
ball game" and that would be the last
of him for the day.
The lawyer decided to teach the lad
a lesson. you put yourself in my
place." he said to the boy one day,
and he placed him at the big desk.
How do you like this?" asked the
lawyer as he went through the per-
Torrance, winding up with. I'm going
to the ball game" Sure, go ahead"
called out the boy, putting his hand in
his pocket. land say" he continued,
"here's fifty cents"