New-York tribune., 1911-01-08
BOROUGH GOSSIP
Plea for Chamber MuSiC-PhyS-
iCaI Tests for Car Men.


dovment of the Boston symphony Orches-
IRA by Major Henry L. Higginson and the
success OF the organization which led TO
similar endownents in other cities, he says
in part:
CHAMBER music is fundamental. The
understanding OF il and the enjoyment Of IT
are necessary 10 the understanding and On
1oyuerft of orchestral music. Chamber
rrusio in Brooklyn. as in other places is
not properly maintained. The ignorant rich
do not find it sufficiently sensational The
true lovers Of music. whether rich or poor
are its real patrons Because chamber
MUSIC is not endowed. as is orchestral
music, we have very little OF II. The
gift OF $4,000 TO the institute would enable
Il 10 insure 10 the people Of Brooklyn ten
chamber music concerts each season Of
.be highest and most delightful quality
The interest of $1,000. or $500 Is the differ
one. between a sound financial basis for
chamber music concerts and the present
precarSous condition. when the concerts are
not wholly self-supporting
While chamber music is losing ground
the Boston and New York symphony or,
ohestras are gaining ground. Regarding
the so-caued young peoples concerts
Ing Saturday afternoons. Or. Hooper says:
1T IS good 10 know that two hundred
more young people have attended each Of
n. concerts given this season by tho New
York symphony Orchestra for young peo-
rie than attended each OF the concerts last
season. This growth of interest indicates
that these concerts meet a real need
- among the young people ~ Brooklyn he
% 4,sa1 nd n n
years
The BROOKLYN Rapid Transit Company
has Just. completed the annual physical eX-
animation OF its surface car motormen.
The work was conducted under the direc-
ton Of Dr. Edward T. Gibson. The eX-
sminations were made at the stations, the
terminals and even on the car platforms
When a motorman was found TO have a
weakened heart, or looked III, he was thor
ouehly examined at the companys head
quarters. DR.. Gibson has reported to John
F Calderwood. yice-presdent and general
manager:
II doubt II there exists anywhere finer
body Of surface motormen. physically than
IS the body employed by this company
Among all these motormen there Is not
on. who is physically unfit to run a car.
The eurployes Of the road are tested par
ttcuIarly on four points. namely, the con-
sltion Of their hearts, lungs. hearing ana
eyesight. The company guards against
color blindness because the employees must
he able to distinguish between the various
signal lights. The men are only allowed
N wear glasses IN cases where they can
show that they are not totally depehdehI
upon them. Only the men Of long service
sre permitted this indulgence. Inc eA-
ordinations have caused the rejection OF as
high as 80 per cent Of men applying LOT
work some days. One feature OF the re-
nort Of Dr. Gibson is that II shows ihat
scarcely any motormen have contracted
tuberculosis while employed on tle cars
The company even says that emp'oyhlC"0
on the cars will cure consumption
prooklvn has wide reputation for its
-,oren. II a letter received few days ago
bv Rorough President Steers from man
~ Moline. IL. indicates anything The let
1sr &c addressed to the Dear Ladies' ana
reads. .,.,,
,,,eosed IN have correspondence with some
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GOOD cook and housekeeper and companion
or berprste through life. J am torty-elsht
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a Christian and church member. beIohg
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Men and Modern WoOdmen oi America
ou.n fftv acres Of land and two properties.
rarr,-s large life insurance policy ana am
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I have means. 7 he pleased to near from
,on,e Very sincerely. Address MI. - H.
T., Moline H."
The Nos,rand Avenue Methodist Episco-
,,.l church. Nostrand avenue and Quincy
60, NJ which the Rev. Or. Charles w.
Mccormick is pastor. is half century old.
t.,irping today. the organization VIII
-.lebratc its anniversary. In 1860 Eben-
,z.r VVtson. a member of what is now
L,oun as the New York Avenue Methodist
t,isconal Church. opened mission In the
,,aiybhorbood and erected a small frame
,trI;cture in Gates avenue on his own prop
o-,v This building was dedicated on
January G 1861. in 1865 the present prop
.rt,. was purchased and the church was
formally organized. The present church
,r,r dedicated in 1851 and the chapel IN
,tso The church property is now valued
at s175 900 There is no church debt The
members Of the church number 900 and
there are $40 Sunday school pupils.
new era opened for the crippled chill
d,er who attend Public School l62, 81.
N,cboIas avenue and Suydam street on
T,,esday. when TWO stages, each drawn py
& team, Of horses. made the rounds collect
ing them. The first day fifteen Of the Grip
niles were carried 30 school and home IN
e.ch Many others are asking for the
privilege Of using the stages, and ii is said
,hs, they will al be accommodated. This
school has a special class for cripples, es-
tahlisbel at the suggestion Of Grace {.
srachsn. district superintendent. and An
no & Moriarty. principal They foresaw
the need OF stages, and the Board OF Edu-
,stion secured the use Of two which were
formerly used 10 carry passengers to and
from the stations Of the Long Island Rail-
rcad Each has n capacity of fifteen or
twenty persons The plan has been tried
successfully in Manhattan.
The third Boston symphony concert will
h4 given in the Academy Of Music on Fri
IL, evening. January 13, at SIS O'Clock
The soloist will he Mischa Elman, the Rus
s;sr yiolinist. who makes his temperance
IN Brooklyn on this occasion.
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VISION.
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