New-York tribune., 1911-04-09
BOROUGH GOSSIP
children Who Are Weakly to
Study in the Open Air.

2 .L,vr Is eyperimentinc with fresh
,.,ooIs one has just been opened in
shit School l6o. at ST. Nicholas and Will
rnhv avenues In fine weather the chill
49, will study on the roof. On other days
ooro on the top floor. with large open
.dovs will be used. Children who are
,.cssly will make up the classes. The first
.,.ss unyraded. is made UP Of pupils rang
-. IN age from five 10 fourteen. The Com
..s,,as on tuberculosis is interested in the
.vrs-,rert. other classes Of the same
...S NAV be started IN various parts of
the borough.
,s memorial 70 J. Edward Swanstrom,
- was the second President Of the bor-
..,,h a stone seat will be placed IN the
..,r,rg opposte the Borough Hall at a
so., ~ SeDo More than $1,000 already has
80, subscribed The executive commit
~ the memorial committee is soliciting
descriptions meeting will be held to-
-,o--ov afternoon IN the Borough Hall for
che reception ~ reports.
F. charles Spencer, OF No 10 Dean street,
r.s charged recently with assault IN the
, rls,bush court by Miss Henrietta Jackson,
n the same address
--rTel The truth" ordered Magistrate
pOii.
You've hurt my feelings, your honor"
.a,d Spencer. L have said 7 didn't as
ssult her. and told the truth
We'll what did you dor
.r only kicked her in the face" said
spencer. who was held in 500 hail for spe
cial Sessions.
Arrangements already are being made
tor the great military mass which is cele-
hrated annually on the campus Of the ma
,-,e barracks IN the navy yard. under the
suspices Of Gloucester Command, United
ersnish War Veterans, in conJunc-
,jon with the knights Of Columbus The
mass this year will be said on Memorial
Sunday. May IS The ceremony is dedi-
eated 70 the memory of the dead sailors,
marines and soldiers Of the nation Last
summer tho ceremony was attended by
nearly twenty-five thousand persons.
What : known as the Tower House is the
Oldest building on the Park Slope. The struc-
turs. built by a German, was patterned
on the style OF a mansion on the Rhine.
The Tower House now is occupied by j. ID.
Brooks The building takes its name from
al tower which forms part of It's FACADE.
4 great elm tree reaches higher than the
--,xer itself. and adds a touch of pictu
resoueness 10 the quaint old house. Over
looking the ground on the eastern side Of
the house are several balconies.
Near this house was the large estate OF
the Litchheld family. whose property once
included a part Of what now is Prospect
Park The Litchfield mansion still stands
on knoll in the park. The building, once
the scene OF CAV gatherings, now Is used as
police station. and contains the offices
Of the Park Commissioner. Miles O'Reily.
who is the police captain there. has plenty
Of time now 10 talk of the days when he
was d Union soldier or 10 tell his friends
about some OF the sensational arrests he
made some forty years ago.
To Brooklyn boys there is something at
,rsctive about Thomas Warren. the trap
PEI. Of Prospect Park. Rife, gun and trap
are his stock in trade. He Is the Official
pest exterminator Of the park, and Brook
lyn boys imagine that the squirrels chirp
In a chorus Of gratitude for his protection
Cats suffer when Dead Shot Tom" makes
MS rounds through the wide ranges OF the
park A. . hunter in the Jersey WOODS
Warren got his training. His pay is sl7 80
week.
In the last twelve months Warren has
killed hundreds Of hawks. cats, rats, owls
and ground moles. He also is the official
feede- of Tho park squirrels