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New-York tribune., 1911-04-02
Street Widening Drives Away
New York's Imitation OF
Paris Boulevard Life.

-HEY are widening Second avenue
stream of traffic eats away its
l. banks like any ether stream, ana
the currents that set north and south
along this island of Manhattan are too
swift and strong "a leave any crumohns
soil along their edges. 4 hundred MILL
ion Americans want things from New
York: want 20 come here some day them
selves. 1t is no wonder that the avenues
are followed out under that erosion.
Yet in Second avenue, below lith street
I, seems a great pity. If YOU walk there
often with an eve that can forgive hre
ESCAPES and imitation stone. you VIII
come 10 love the old street. And those
rallied grassplots and the sidewalk tables
with their shrubbery screens were some
thing more than picturesque landmarks.
II is the neighborliness Of lower second
avenue that makes it great street and
there was something peculiarly neighbor-
lv and pleasant in sitting outside IN the
fresh evening air. with nothing but lew
leaves 10 divide you from the thousands
of Sther leisurely pleasure seekers oil a
summer evening.
Northward. Second avenue is blotted ont
by the elevated road. which drags ltS
abominable length around the corner al
23d street Again. for six blocks SOUTH
Il Is merely a broad, meaningless street.
full Of hospitals. factories and sober
apartment houses. At Stuyyesant square
a charge comes.
Instantly the square rlakcS you vel
come The two plots of park are rallied
with high spiked iron. but one look in
side tells YOU the fence is mere orna-
mont children lean over the big stone
fountains. chase one another over the
grass. and tow one another up and down
the walks with a crisp noise of over
loaded roller skates The elms arc tan
and old: they give very pleasant shade
IL summer The concrete of the walks
and of the broad circles al the fountains
has a worn. used look. the ironwork al
the gates is worn from the height of Il
twelve year-old's elbow TO the height Of \
mans shoulder. the turf is worn bare at
all the corners and in spots between the
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02
THE WELCOME BEGGAR.

poogars come here in swarms. The hcr
gives to them always, and gives WIKI
smile that is more than many pennies.
There was one little fellow who came INTO
these cafes every night all summer long
selling flowers. His eyes were as sad and
az deem as deer's: IL would wiring your
heart to see his patient little back as he
waited by. table for some one - >'un
around.
You had to watch him for many nisn"
and SEQ the thriving trade he drove Defoe
II began 10 dawn on YOU that he was no.
really starving, and even misht no, %
beaten every night by A drunken tatner.
There is a survival OF the fttest IN patn"
like everything else.
His wIstful little person was ht'ed 70
draw sreenbacks from vineg!ass. II ever
one was. He must have made money. Ana
vet he looked so very sad I almost VIA
knew that he was an impostor for certain.
And now The sidewalk tables VII nave 10
go. or stay only in cramped and dusty cor
ners Dirty and disreputabe looking many
Of the old places were. 10 be sure, but the
,cople seemed to like them somehow. S,ll
{ was not all rosy.
There was one night when there vas q
row We we're watching. wondering uhethe'
the woman In the shawl or the one tha'
had had flowers in her hat would draw
first blood. when ] heard a low sound Of
china touching china that seemed pecu''
iarly near and personal 10 NE. looKel
A thin. dirty hand was setting down my
coffee cup in its saucer. empty. Of course
The hand was snapped out Of sight around
the shrubbery screen. and as I looked or'
I saw the little scoundre tearing down te
street with my nut cake In his fist.
It's pity to see the old street defornec
but. then. the old street knows philosophy.
They say mine host Of the Humpty'
DUMMY smile was moved 10 lift his great
person from the bar and go and pound
upon the table OF the district leader. lie
vowed that nothing So dsgraceful. no. 30
olack. hearted. as this street widening had
been done since the Rights were suspended
I'm Hungary i'm 1852. Then he went hom.
and sat behind his bar. When some one
came and told him that the Board OF Esu'
mate had passed the order. he said:
"S st gut Der people VIII he juost six
una a hab feet nearer am cafe an der
musk"
And he smiled.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02

some one would say.
You would find him giant # a man.
with a tawny red beard and deep gray
eyes. II YOU answered at all YOU would
judge him gentleman. and ten 10 ono
YOU would fall into talk with him. He
would tell YOU OF his nfe In ST Peters-
burg. or his trouble in the university and
his coming TO America. You would talk
Russian discomfort for a while. until yol
found YOU were learning very little; then
YOU would talk the latest war scare. v>ry
interestingly and then. Of course. social
ism. All talk is likely to lead up to So
cialism In this avenue.
Then there was the spare gentleman with
the very thin. very straight brushed gray
whiskerS. who had been newspaper
writer in Vienna. He had some rare
stories Of the riots in the Reichsrath 1T
Vienna. when seats came up by the roots
and inkpotS were hying.
Faces would disappear from among the
habitual attendants rather oftener than
you would expect There was new waiter
one day. a striking figure of man. SIX
feet high. broad, well set. with q large
nose and a little reddish brown moustachc.
He seemed TO think Of other things a
great deal. yet he was always attentive.
lie brought coffee as If 10 his guest. After
a week he was gone. ] did not ask about
him. ] would not want them to ask if |
were a waiter. But | know that he was
very sad and that he carried himself like
an officer.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02
THE OLD CHURCHES.

Here is 81. Georges. great brown
pile. its two towers cut of AT the roof,
its face set toward the swarming East
Side. With doors open and an invitation
hung up every morning on pillar, Come
in. rest and pray" II counts gymnasium
better than steepes. and hospitality
worth more than marble Choirs. OF n
sunday morning YOU will hardly see =
child in the whole congregation. and few
elderly couples The faces are almost all
1oung. pale from indoor work. anxious
and drawn-SUch q congregation AS the
Church called and comforted before ever
q church had been built.
Next door stand the Quaker meeting
house and tho quaker school The little
red buildings look odd and village like.
The ground is rallied like the park but the
gates arc locked. Still the place has a
curious. provincial hospitality OF its own
Children play under the trees as lons as
school lasts after that the close is only a
wheeling place for very respectable babies.
Diagonally across the square. in 4 row Of
high brownstone. is tho house Of Charles
Francis Murphy. the Tammany boss
Southwark. the pulse Of the avenue beats
quicker still. Here are crowds all day
long. vet excepting only when the rush
comes from the factories around Fifth ave-
nue. at O'Clock. the crowds are never I'm a
hurry. The avenue T. like long village
common in one way. II j. place TO stroll
and 20 on calls to neighbors In another
way II is like the main street of mill
town. for il is a great promenade for Young
people If an evening Girls walk in rows
with their arms about one another. bare
headed and full OF fun. Poor people are
plenty. certainly. and boys kid" with a
sooc deal Of freedom. But this is not the
Bowery. nor Broadway: there is nothing
shocking. nothing vicious about the crowd
Here is where the new ruling of the city
soveinment Will strike the hardest. The
avenue is very broad. but il is not broad
enough yet. The roadway is to he widenod
thirteen feet, so the curb line will be
movcd back six feet and a half on each
side and the same amount viii be clipped
from the grass plots and the cafes At
present there is thirteen feet of space be-
tween the buildings and the sidewalk line
and that thirteen feet is the most charac-
teristiC thing about Second avenue.
For one thing. this is the only street IN
town that has real cafes-places where peo-
PIE sit out of doors and drink coffee There
were once few tables outside at Martins
but they went with the widening of Fifth
avenue year or two ago. Here is a wire
screen. the meshes perhaps two inches
square. with row of stiff green shrubs
growing inside and an awning overhead
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02

Cne of the most important decisions in
the Catskill aqueduct condemnation pro-
Ceed.nCs is that of Supreme Court Justice
Arthur s Tompkins. just filed in the
Westchester County Clerks office. in which
he decides that attorneys representing
property owners whose land is condemned
cannot collect more than 5000 for counsel
fees against the city Of New York. no mat
ter how large the award may be.
Tho question came up on motion OF
Joseph \. Flannery. LAWYER representing
some claimants. where tho awards exceed
ed $4,000, to allow per cent on these
amounts for attorneys fees but Corpora
tiCn Counsel Watson contended That. al
though il has been the custom TO allow >
pcr cent counsel fees on awards. vet the
law prescribcs that the maximum amount
mGst rot exceed s2.ooo and Justice Tomp-
kins so holds
In ono instance Just passed upon the al
lowance Of per cent would amount TO
&l.Cr In the AleXander Cochranc estate
the award IL nearly Sm",00o. ana the coun-
sci fec except for this decision. which
establishes precedent in these proceed
ines would be s21,IG0 Justice Tompkins, in
fls decision, says:
] tlink that the reference i'm the act TO
SectiOg 3,-J3 OF the code clearly shows that
the intention was 10 limit an allowance not
only To per cent, but In the aggregate 20
$2.Cv1 and ii Is my opinion that any allow
ance authorized TO be made under section
:,253 is subject TO the Limitation prescribed
by Section 5.2ji: in other WORDS. that any
allowance that IL either authorized OF regu-
lated by section 3.253 is subject 10 the pro-
visions Of Section 1854
therefore fix the allowances in these
cases AT tho sum of $500 each, for lack of
power to grant more, because ] realize that
In the ono case at least-parcel No. 95-the
award IL not sufhciout TO reasonably com
Jensatc counsel. ana ] believe as I have
LefOie stated, that provision should be
made 80 that the property owners whose
lanes are taken by the city shall not be
required 20 pay any part OF their AWARDS
IoI the services of counsel and that they
should have the'r full awards free from all
,tHarges and costs.
The questions relating 10 allowances fOr
services and disbursements OF witness in
this proceeding. are disposed Of By scpa
rate memorandum.
The next most important event I'm society
in While Plains will be a charity ball,
which viii be given on April q for the
purpose Of raising funds for the benefit Of
tie White Plains Hospital Arrangements
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02

last week. was such a success that already
plans are being made for another banquet.
10 be given during the coming summer.
Mems Association. at the Hotel Gramatan,
Charles Rockwell is a member of the COM
m!ttee which will arrange the affair.
r. r. Sherman. ~ White Plains. A
brother of Nice-President Sherm man. Is now
mentioned as the probable appointee OF
Governor Dix as State Tax Commissioner
In place Of Frank y. Perley Mr.. Sherman
has been for several years at the head OF
the construction company which is build
ing tho Bronx Valley trunk sewer. from
White Plains TO Mount Vernon and Yoners.
The katopah Board OF Trade is now about
TO advertise that village and booklets have
been issued with that end in view II is
cleVed that this scheme will bring many
new residents to Katonah The officers of
the board arc as follows: President. j..
Franklin Ryan. ,icc-president David 4.
Doyle: secretary. r. ". Gorham: executive
committee. Edward Il. Barrett. William j.
Doyle. Henry ". Kellogg and De Witt Bcne-
Cict.
The board Of governors Of the White
Plains Hospital will hold a special meeting
on April : for the purpose OF taking steps
to enlarge ;he present hospital.
The newly elected directors of the New
York, Westchester & Boston Railroad Com
pany are Leverett :. Miller. Thomas ID.
Rhodes. George McCulloch Miller. J. p. Nor
gan. Charles Cass Ledyard, Charles r.
Brooker. Charles 5. Miller, James $. Hem
inEway, a. Heston Robertson, Edwin Mil
ner. Rober' w. Taft. William Rockefeller
and Frederick L. Brewster
The following are the early cottage
arrivals at Larchmont: Mrs &. Armstrong,
the cone cottage in WooLbine park .
Nathan Bernstein. the Schuyler cottage.
IN Mitchell circle Abram Baudouine Flint
cottage ca I.archmont avenue; John J
Daily Mound cottage. Circle avenue: Ed
ward ID. Hilman. Flint cottage. on
Thompson Place. 4. ~ Miller, Winans
cottage. on Cherry avenue Edward 4.
Morrison. Singer cottage on Prospect ave-
hue. Robert l. Levy. Leverett cottage. on
Beach avenue, Edward Schaefer. the Hur.
r! cottage. on Monroe avenue; W. Scnlem.
mer. the Hopkins cottage. on Beach ave.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02

owned by the scarsdale Estates. and Will
be only short distance from the Scars
dale Country Club.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Warren. formerly
of White Plains. are now living in Bronx
Vile
Under an order of upreme Court Judge
Tompkns filed at White Plains. and on the
petition OF Leslie Sutherland as permanent
receiver Of the Yonkers Railroad Company.
the receiver Is directed to paw from the
funds in his hands the sum OF t25,Co) to the
Equitable Trust Company. the monoy 10 he
applied TO the payment of the coupons on
the first mortgage bonds Of the corpora ton
hich fell due yesterday.
There will be another hearing Oh Satur-
day before Supreme Court Judge Mills. AT
New Rochelle. in the action OF Samuel
Stansfield against his wife. Eugenia STAINS
field. Of White Plains on the question Of
a submission of n bill OF PARTICULAR Mr.
Stansfeld T. suing for a separation. while
Mr. Stansfcld has brought suit for a di-
vorce. although her attorney says that she
was never served with papers II Is as
serted that the summons and complaint
were served on the sister OF Mrs. Stans-
field by mistake
Mr.. Stanshed has brought an action
against his wife 10 impress a lien of 5000
on property which his wife owns. He says
that he spent that sum In making improve
ments on the estate. and now Mrs STAINS
field. through her lawyer, Humphrey j.
Lynch. wants to find out how the money
was spent. This will be the question raised
on the motion for the bin OF particulars he
fore Judge Mills.
Justice and Mrs. Joseph Morschauser
have been spending a few days at Atlantic
City.
The annual convention Of the Westchester
County Women's Suffrage Association VIII
be held in the White Plains club on Tues
day. Delegates will be present from all
the towns In the county and 1t is expected
that some interesting matters viii be DIS
cussed, Al tho afternoon session addresses
viii be made by promnsn, women who are
leaders in the movement for equal rights.
The meeting will he conducted by Mrs.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02
MINE HOST HUMPTY DUMPTY.

Yet really to feel the passing OK the old
sidewalk life you must have taken the f1ve
steep steps at sth street. The host sits IN
the bar Never was such host out OF a
novel before There is not hair on him.
from nose back to coat collar. He shines
in the darkened, dusty bar like harvest
moon over bayfield,. He is always smii-
ing, but his smile he makes you welcome
spreads until you feel like Alice when
Humpty Dumpty grinned. You want to see
il the smile waves meet on the other side
of his head.
But it is too hot to stay in the bar. the
room is pleasant with its dark wood and
clean white curtains, but it is better out
SIDE. How picturesque it all is-stop. fhe
musicians. One wall from that trembling
human violin. and you feel ashamed fict-
uresaue, indeed Why did you come here'
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02

nue. and Dr.. c. Willets. the Branique cot
tage on Grove avenue.
County Treasurer George {. BurlinG has
filed his quarterly report III the west
chester County Clerks Office at White
Plains. II shows a balance on hand on
February | Of s123.6ll 53.
The members of Enterprise Hook and
Ladder Company. Of New Rochelle. cele-
brated their golden jubilee at their fire
house on Wednesday evening. when 'ne
programme was given. out of the twenty
nine charter members Of the company these
are the only remaining ones: Jesse Cole
brook, Albert Mahlstedt and Joseph Lamb
den. The committee that arranged the
prog anime was made up of Carl thinner
man. chairman: Louis Schultz. l. I.oevin.
Henry Pauw and John Anderson The
present list Of members of the company
follows: Charles Eckland. William 81 hmidt-
mann. J. w. Horn. Henry Strablc. Carl
Zimmerman. l.. Loeyin, Charles Foster.
Robert Steinmetz. \. II. Crossman John
Anderson. William J. Featherstone. Louis
Schultz. Charles Hollewcdel. Victor +.
Burgdorn. Charles Carson. Henry Pauw
Henry Gram. William Taylor. Martin Beis-
gen. Lawrence Steinbugler. Charles Zim-
norman. Conrad Schaad. Carl Brombach
Fred Peterson. Charles Sievers. John Davis
and Darei Dillon.
Miss Priscilla NJ. Lowry. OF Mount Yer
non. recently entertained a large party al
bridge In honor Of Miss Margaret Sihly. Of
Helena. Mont who Is visiting at her home
at No. - Claremont avenue Among
those who played were the Misses Mar
garet Sibly. Anna Roff. Rosamond and Lii
Ian Sills. Irene Thompson. Ethe! Mendel
Louise Paisley. Marjorie Fowler. Elizabeth
Alpin. Marie Reid. Florence Whitmore
Fannie Van Arsdale Ruth Lord Mildred
Iiill. Mary Close Grace and Rertha cor
trell, Ruth Gould. Grace Whitney, Alice
Davis, Marjorie Bard and Frances .Gvyer
and Mrs. Harold Fowler. Mrs Gilohrist and
Mrs Robert Lowrv.
\ number OF residents II Wes,cbes,sr
Count, have just been proposed for mem
bcrshp In the Republican club. OF New
York city. among the applicants being
Clarence III Gray. David Nevins, banker.
Charles Rusion, jr. manufacturer; Irying
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02
A VIOLIN AND A PICTURE.

M. he is more than all that He i yovp
master. He made you see those pictures
then he makes YOU forget them. lie ia
musician. and music is more than seeing
,fe more than pictures, more than any.
thing else You can only sit and let Il
storm through you. After~ard YOU may
think pleasantly Of the crowded, pictx,
esoue avenue AMI It's multitude of human
sights. But that hour there at the table,
Nth the shuttle OF feet OH the sidewalk,
e,ances half caught of people who pasa
the light streamins up from the sunssn
tables striking them from below. quicx
walters with huge goblets Of bubbling wine,
and the suffering and the thrill and the
triumph of the music-tha; you VIII have
lived That place you Will never think os
patronizingly.
There is curious painting there which
vou should not see Until YOU have listened
long and long. II is drawn aoominanly; II
is as gaudy as a huge chrome, ana nadiy
faded A four-horse coach l. tramplins
over a little run Of water and there
man lies dead. with pistol by MS SIDE ami
a great wound in his breast. \ girl In al
impossible pose and an outlandish COSTUME.
&c irving 10 throw herself out OF the coach
and is held back by pompous. strangely
dressed man with white whiskers lners
are riders on horses; some are servants
one old man is brave in more hnery' Inc
host will tell you the story. IL Is a oFiaa
marty. The rich old bridegroom persuaded
the girls parents against her VIII. He'e
a, an old trysting place her lover KILLED
b,mseIf knowing that the coach YOU'D
pass Something Of the picture you VI"
not forget. barbarous as II - II sui'' wv
we'll with the music.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02

James +. McAfee. Of Mount Vernon, who is
president of the association
Justice Morschauser. of tho Supreme
Court has confirmed the report Of another
set of commissioners who condemned land
owned by the Wykagy Country club OF
New Rochelle. which is to he used for the
right Of way of the New York, Westchcster
& Boston Railroad Company. in building tt
rapid transit line from Mount Vernon 10
White Plains The commission awarded the
club 1881 20 Tor damages
The following were the pdtronesses of n
concert and reception given by the COM
bincd musical clubs Of Colgate University
in St Mary's Hall At Port chester last
evening: Mrs. William d. Sporborg. Mrs.
7. Richard Peedc. Mrs. Paul IIiemann,
Mrs. John r. Rheinfrank. Mrs. II. 4.
Bayles. Mrs H. \. Quinan. Mrs. William
A. Mills. Mrs Malcolm Merritt. Mrs. Clay
ton w. Finch. Mrs George A. StudwcIi.
Mrs. Charles II. Ellis, ir.. Mrs Millard +.
Scott Miss Anna Wilson and Mrs Thoma
J. Blain, all of Port Chester
The New lo'k. Weslchester & Boston
railroad Company, through it's attorney. ]
Addison Young. is gradually having the re-
ports of the different commissioners Of ap-
prasal on land condemned for the route of
tho road confirmed by the court The
latest report 10 be approved Is that OF
Joseph Henry Esser of Mount Vernon
John 4. Goodwin. of White Plains, and
Frank G. Mertz. of Port Chester. who made
an award Of NJ.S5i to Otto Wagner Min
ME Wagner and others. of New Rochelle.
Former Corporation Counsel NJ j. Tierney.
Of New Rochelle. appeared for the land
owners and Justice Mills allowed him N,i
interest on the award and costs and allow =
ance of sl.2G - making the total amount
TO he paid out by the company Se..6S5 30
county Clerk Frank VI Buck has re-
ocved u list of seven hundred Notarics
Public who have just been appointed by
Governor Dix. Contrary to the usual plan
Mr.. Buci. has decided that all the ap-
po!ntees must appear AT the County
clerks office. at White Plains. to he sworn
IN. The have until April % IT, receive
tfe," 'erincates.
III. dinner Of tie Mount We non business
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02

that is let down on sunny days. Another
place is down three steps. and the taplcs
are i'm fun sight from the sidewalk
Then. there are places where there is just
grass. usually trampled fat by trespassing
feet In front of one house there is
curious pitful little garden, with bird
house on a tall pole. rock work structure
ior potted plants. some flower beds and
winding walk. all in patch rod long ana
hardly seven feet wide.
There was one placc-it j. there yet. but
it's sidewalk tables will be sadly cramped IL
they still set them oUt-where it is easy to
learn one OF the things that they do bet
ter in Europe" That is. to take your time.
How many places can ypu count where the
waiter does not make YOU feel that your
room is better than your company. and the
sooner you pay your check and leave the
more money he and the proprietor Will
make?
The round tables stood in two rows be-
hind the screen. Two huge cats. both
W hite breasted and backed with gray and
tortoise shell. held the house corner in fee
simple Call buttons like those in a club
house hung ever the tables. like some
scrawny hanging fruit. Here you could
come Of Sunday morning ana stretch
breakfast from church time to dinner and
from dinner 10 vespers, if you wished.
Did you ever encounter an Esterhazy
rostbraten indigestbility triumphant.
swimming in golden glory. praised and
crowned? You ought TO have. YOU would
not have rcpentcd il. if only YOU took I
half day al the table afcrwaId. You
could have "Jugcnd" and "Fliegende
Batter in brown cardboard covers. the
New York papers. or even a Partisan
daily. The great limp journals OF Berlin
ana Vienna were there too. of course.
and sometimes YOU would pick up a stray
Italian comic dropped designedly by a
patron. fun of unspeakable coarseness
about the church and the clergy.
Then there is the street to watch. AMI
that can never grow dun. The little
mothers who are never tired. pigtacd
and sturdy. carrying or leading litler per
sons on errandS that seem to lead no.
where in particular. Even they are never
in a hurry. Women with thin shawls and
great bundles on their heads step steadily
across the avenue They seldom follow
il. FOR some reason. Then there are young
men who walk in groups. always talking
earnestly. They Saunter. but do not swag-
ger. They leave that for the youngsters
and for an occasional group which sjrolls
jaUntily in from the Bowery
Are YOU through with The Call?"