New-York tribune., 1911-04-23
BOROUGH GOSSIP
,,.,ice WiIkin Tells of Rise OF
.swipes." Office Boy.

snecial Sessions mas so'''0
@.,,ss OF his experiences Ill 'le O"iiu'ei' :
CDsrt ,.,,,,. hoy turned IN one dav
tbe BROOKLYN waterfront said
de"n s,ice the other evening. 'Parentless
%. 's,neless. but happy. he started IN 10
sad uv,nc by selling bran water TO the
SSs orkinr Ioneshoremen. One of these
.S an interest in the boy ana spoke OF
W. 20 Henry J. Murphy. son OF the late
h'a ~ Henry J. Murphy, superintendent OF
jus 80 Mr Murphy interested me in
u' "a and we got him i'm an Office. We
20, %. los, sight Of the boy, who was known
=, as swipes, for years
Vi. -, week ago | was taking dinner
,ew friends in the Crescent Club
s prosperous. solid looking man ap-
''.be5 our table. In reply TO his ques-
- assured him that | was Justice
Eilkn .,.. o..o. ,boro ,rs.o,,
., he drawing my attention to one of
-" =, known and most successful men
~ husiness world OF New York. Wen,
= nv mariner. BY the way. don't you
,.oognlze me-
:, told him that his face was familiar,
,no, couldn't exactly place him.
-, "Svipes." said he. simply. He
..,d me 10 name a time convenient FOR
'-.araving up of his will, as he was about
s,a-t on a tour of the world
.So,,e peculiar cases come before me. -
-.,.;rusd Justice Wilkin. switching 10 an
~ story. A boy was arrested for steal
eosl His mother had told him to go
orS get some coal. lie did. and was
...,s,ed His sister came 10 court with
.,m had reason to adjourn the case,
"a asked her 10 come down for the next
harms.
p.oh. / don't want TO-. she petulantly
exclaimed.
~,But your brother may be sent away
.ra lone time. / explained.
e,Bgt if come here again who's going
- ,sv the carfare? she asked.
asWhy you. Of course, said l.. Who
sseg
aWbv. the coal dealer who had Jimmy
,,-ssted.' she said. lie has more money
than We.
The Polytechnic Institute is one Of the
,.v schools 70 make areoplaning a com
,,ssorv course The subject has been
,sprh, only "a few months. being an addi-
,on 10 the regular course i'm locomotive
engineering This course also includes the
s;u6v of the automobile. Professor W. ID.
Ennis. who has charge of the engineering
3nsrtmeni is convinced Of the future
commercial Importance of the aeroplane
and has won the school authorities 10 his
views
Th4-graduates Of the department will he
able 70 build aeToplanes and To take ad-
vantage Of the coming airship craze which
many persons think is soon TO take the
Mace Of the automobile mania as COM
r,ete'y as the automobile mania super
caeded the bicycle fad. At Cornell and sew
eal other colleges societies have been
organized % make a study of aeroplaning.
tu' The Polytechnic Institute Is handi-
capped for room and must confine itself to
the laboratory limits Professor Ennis is
an authority on air navigation and his
books are being used as text books at sew
eral of the leading universities. The de-
Rumeri Of engineering hopes 10 secure a
rsw Wins for itself. The present plan is
% cree, q two-story structure, 70 feet widd
and l;0 feet long. at the rear of the insti-
igis The building has been planned by the
Students and will cost $1,000 None Of the
money has been raised. When the struct-
un is equipped it will be one of the most
complete Laboratories in the country.
The Montauk Club will give its annual
dinner TO Chauncey NJ Depew on April %.
he only time in recent years that the
dnner TO Mr. Depew was omitted was al
the time Of the financial trouble of the
E1ultable Life Assurance Society. On the
ame evening the organization will cele-
traie lis twenty-first birthday. As usual,
the dinner will be held at the clubhouse in
Eighth avenue. just across from Mayor
Gaynors home. The MOntauk Club is the
second club OF Importance in the borough.
yielding only TO the Union League Not
only does the organization draw its men,
bership from all parts of Brooklyn. but its
nonresident members are 10 be found from
London 10 Denver. II has had only four
presidents: Charles A. Moore, Thomas II.
Troy. Timothy L. Woodruff and William II.
English The vice-president is Edward NJ.
Gr0ut. the treasurer is James q. Shaw and
the secretary Algernon s. Higgins.
half hundred survivors OF the one thou
sand men who formed the Henry Ward
Beecher Regiment celebrated the f1ftieth
adversary Of their departure 70 the Civil
War with a dinner in Saengerbund Hall
The other evening. Captain Miles OReilly
presided and asked each of the veterans
,or few remarks. The regiment was
0ganzed on April u. 1851. Mr.. Beecher
failed 20 get the consent of Governor Nor
fen 70 send the organization TO the front
and then went TO see Mr.. Lincoln. He also
nfused on the ground that most of the
members were boys eighteen years old. He
lnslly Yielded and the regiment left Will
ow street in May.
After being stationed in Washington for
q number OF months. the organization was
sent 70 the front and participated in all the
important battles Of the Army of the Po-
omac. The regiment returned TO Brooklyn
On July 4 1851, where it received rousing