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New-York tribune., 1911-11-21
WHAT IS GOING ON TO-DAY.

Free admission to the American Museum Of
Natural History Metropolitan Museum OF
Art and the Geological Garden
Horse Show madison Square Garden.
Meeting Of the Womsn's Republican Club, Del
monico's 1890 a. m.
Meeting OF the New York Theatre Club Hotel
Astor. 2:30 p. m.
Laying Of the cornerstone Of st. Thomas 9
Churchs new building az Fifth avenue and
53d street. afternoon.
Meeting Of the National California Club. Wal
dorf-Astoria. D. m.
Address By Miss Julia Rchman on THE Mutual
obligations OF Home and School" National
League for civic Education OF Women No.
% East 46th street. 4p. m.
Dinner OF 4. $. Grant Post. 327. Department OF
New York. Grand Army of the Republic;
T. 5. Grant Hall. Washington avenue and
Fulton street. Brooklyn. $50 ?. m
Dinner OF the Fifth Avenue Association. Wal
dorf-Astoria p. m.
Dinner OF the Society Of Colonial Wars in the
state OF New York Delmonicos. evening.
Public lectures Of the Board OF Education. Sis
D. m: Manhattan-Wadleigh High School.
il5th street, west Of seventh avenue, Win
ming the West" c. J. Blanchard; Public
.'oid and New Turkey" Mihran T. Kslaid-
Jan; Public school 80. ith street. east OF
FIRST avenue Napoleon" William J. Til
lev: Public school ee. ssth street east OF
FIRST avenue. List. Nirtuoso OF the Piano
Miss Margaret Anderton, American Museum
OF Natural History nth street and Cen,ra
Park West Robert SchumInn. Ills Plano
Works" DANIEL Gregory Mason Hebrew
Technical Institute. No Se stuyyesanl
street "Ihe Problems Viewed from IN,
Point Of View OF Thermo pynamics and III
contribution 10 Their solution" Professor
William Hallock. Metropolitan Temple
18th street and Seventh avenue, Australian
life and Scenery" John III. Storr: Misslor
Of the Immaculate Virgin, Great Jones ant
Lafayette streets, The Ride That saved al
Empire" John Wilder Farhank. New Yorl
Public Library. No 100 West l35th street
'.'rhe Growth OF the West and the Civil
War" Holland Thompson. Ph. D.. 81. Cor
nelius's church, No. 423 West ldth street
Norway and the Midnight sun" Albert 4
nrockNay The BronX-Public School 40
Prospect avenue and Jennings street. "Wha
Vaccination Has Accomplished Charlie
McDoNen VI. d. Riverdale Hall. River
dale avenue and 260th street knowing Oui
wild songbirds," Herbert X job. ~. An
seIrn'a Hal. linton avenue. near 1901
street The Grert Cities OF India" Lucia c
n Grieke. Ph. y.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-21
BIBLE SOLD FOR $4,000
Bernard Quaritch Pays Twice the Price
Last Obtained for Same Book.

London. Nov 20.-The sale OF the Huth
library at Sotheby's furnished fresh
sensation to-day, when Masartn Bible
fetched the remarkable sum OF S2s.ocV.
Bernard Quaritch, the we'll known book
seller. opened the bidding at $4,000. The
next offer was $4,000. and this was fol-
lowed by bids rising by $4,000 each time
Mr.. Quaritch taking the prize at price
amounting to double that obtained Tor
this copy when IL was last sold az auction
New-York tribune., 1911-11-21
LEON p. CUNNINGHAM.

Joplin, Mo, Nov. 20-Leon p. Cunning
ham, sixty-seven years old. one Of the build
ers of the Memphis, Carthage & Northwest
ern Railroad, now part Of the Frisco sys-
TEN. died to-day from heart disease. Mr.
Cunningham's estate Is estimated at
81 600 OO0
New-York tribune., 1911-11-21
FISK GETS $4,000 IN GIFTS.

Trustees of Fisk University, the negro
..1,.e,o ot Nashville Tenn, at their meeting
horo to-night. heard reports of subscrip-
co. arounting to $4,000 letter from
rIoodore roosevelt was read saying Fisk
$50, herind II "A long record OF proved (iii-
d,e1cy haS Ge"'l'Td and rs present work Is OF high
New-York tribune., 1911-11-21
ART EXHIBITIONS
Works Of W. RothenStein, Jonas
Lie and Some Others.

william Rothenstein. the English artist
who Is holding an exhibition OF his works
a, the gallery Of the Berlin Photographic
company Is a rare type. He makes por-
,raits. and we believe. is over here for that
r,,rrose, but this has not the ordinary I'M
rYcation. He is not one more fashionable
foreiener." but man of genuine gifts and
rich individuality This show of his il
welcome. and would. indeed. have been
hailed with appreciation long ago when
b,s autographs first made his name ia
,,,,iar TO American connoisseurS.
He shows now a vouminous collection Of
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of half the British
celebrities Of his time-some twenty-odd oil
asinflngs. and a quantity OF drawings and
nsstels made in India or studies for works
acme al home. The broad impression re-
ceived from his linear performances is that
AZ 4 strong and distinguished craftsman,
with a shrewd feeling for life and charac-
.er His many portraits have vitality. they
arc true interpretations. and each one pos
.esses its special charm. due both to the
r,scing OF the figure and 10 the delightful
adjustment Of the artists touch to his
,bere II would seem as IL Mr.. Rothen-
.,ein could not be perfunctory # he tried
1.nmistakably his sitters interest him, and
no notes their characteristics with a SEN
,itiveness that is half for human traits
and half FOR the beauty OF design that they
suggest STYLE is at his finger tips. Looking
II one Of his portraits YOU feel that in it a
man has been commemorated and raised
artistically speaking. to a higher power
The serious almost grave, nature Of this
artist. his sincerity, his thorough command
aver his Instruments. come out superbly IN
his paintings His work i'm oils is, to be
sure uneven, and there are pictures here
which are sadly wanting in charm. But IN
his happier moments he discloses a curl
ously ingratiating mastery.
Mr.. Rothenstein is not afraid TO think
and puts before us subjects that have ap-
pesled TO him as subjects. Take, for eX-
ample. the picture Of a man and woman
medltating before their fireplace. He calls
Il Composition Suggesting Tragedy" and
Z, is indeed full Of emotional suggestion.
Well named too. is one of his coast scenes,
Round the CNn on a Sudden Came the
Sea" Very subtly he dramatzes nature in
this piece giving one just the special sense
Of an elemental movement that is indicated
IN the title. We pause appreciatively on
this strain Of imagination IN his art, for II
Is uncommon enough, and very winning
into the bargain. But we would dwell even
more on Mr.. Rothenstein's excellence in
composition. on the integrity of his work
manship generally. on the originality and
charm Of his color, and, above all, on his
ability in sheer painting. There is nothing
lightly beguiling about his work; he has
strength. rather than tenderness and deli
cacy But a certain fneness goes with his
strength. He produces the kind of picture
or portrait that one could live with for
long time
New-York tribune., 1911-11-21
WILBUR n. HILL.

Burlington. Iowa. Nov 2o.-Wilbur H.
Hill, aged forty-two, nephew OF James j.
Hill. Of the Great Northern. and assistant 10
President Darius Miller of the Burlington
route. is dead from pneumonia in Mercy
uosnital here.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-21
-,,zeo TO GO TO VIENNA.

po,ot, Colombia. NoY. 2O.-Arthur Hugh
-. oharoa d'anaires. left here yes
..ld@'. '',''. ,,r Wv York on the way TO take
up his new appointment H' s,'Vi'" -, ~, ''l'
II the American embassy al vienna
New-York tribune., 1911-11-21
OFFICES

MAIN oFFICE--No. 1874 Nassau street
UPTOWN OFFICE-No. 1854 Broadway or
any American District Telegraph ONCE
HARLEM OFFICES-No 1877 East i25th stres.
No. 26S West i20th street and No. 2i9 West
12Ath street
WASHINGTON BuREAu-.wsstery pu,ldins.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-21
MARRIED..

WELD-DURYEE-On Monday November 20.
1911, at No. 139 East 36th St. New York cry
sssisted by the Rev. Frederic Wammersey.
Margaret Elmendorf daughter Of the oftclat-
ing clergyman. 10 the Rev. Elmer OrIahdo
Weld Of Brooklyn, y. \.
Notices OF marriages and deaths must Do
nr,d address
New-York tribune., 1911-11-21
CEMETERIES.
CNDERTAKERS

THE WOODLAND CEMETERY.
1884 ST. BY Harlem Train and by Trolley.
Office. 20 East Esd ST., n. Y.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-21

FRANK Il. CAMPBELL, 241-s West esd ST.
Chspels. Private Rooms. Private Ambulsnces
Tel 1924 Chelsea.
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hated rival. The blonde lady's line and
the hated rivals line come together and
fade away. See them? Right there.
Too bad. Too bad"
'Fiddlesticks" remarked the Travel
ing Man.
Yes she went on. Fate seems to
have 1t all hxed. But there's one way
you can beat 1t. If you can find the
Singing Tree and plant 1t in her back
yard she'll be yours
Huh. grunted the Travelling Man,
who ever heard of a Singing Tree~
Very. very few admitted the Gypsy.
Because there's only one in the world.
and It's away OFF on the Googoo Island.
where 1t is guarded by the Terrible Old
Woman with the Extensible Arm
'Shucks.' said the Travelling Man.
where is this Googoo Island?'
~ don't know-honest l don't an
swered the Gypsy.
THE Travelling Man slipped FIVE
dollar bill into her hand
Now. he said, think hard
She pressed her hand to her brow and
stared at nothing for a minute by the
watch.
No.. she said at last, can't tel
you, but l know who can. You get on
the train and ride and ride until you get
to place called Palm Beach. There
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0ro LEES AND ADEScENDANT
THE WESTINGHOUSE <93MA HENRY LEE.

fort was SO great that debate was finally
given over and the matter was passed.
There We're fifty-six of the signers of
the Declaration. OF these, Richard Henry
Lee, who introduced the resolution; JEFF
ferson, who wrote the Declarations: Ben
jamin Harrison, who presided. and Ben
jamin Franklin, who was the recognized
wise man Of the congress. were most i'm
portant. Strangely. the descendants of
these men have ever since been prominent
in the affairs of the nation. Some of
these will gather in Old Independence
Hall July f.
The Society of the Descendants of
the Signers was organized in 1907 at
the Jamestown exposition. Since that
time ii mas met each year on the
Fourth of July in Philadelphia, and to
it has been extended a privilege never
granted To any other OrganiZation-that
of holding it's deliberations in indie
pendence Hall. There are at present
$50 members of the organization. hail
ing from all the states in the Union.
An estimate of the number Of descend
ants of the signers places the figure
at 5000. and with these to draw upon
the association is expected to grow
rapidly.
Dr. Henry Norris of Philadelphia is at
present president of the society. He is
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The Juggernaut Car.

z Fl. ELLIOTT. secretary OF the Ameri-
can Automobile Association, was
talking in New York about an unjust
automobile law.
This law is DUE" he said, ito Q mis-
understanding of the automobilist's char
acter-an unfortunate misunderstand.ng
that reminds me of DIR. Cutler.
DIR. Cutler was making his rounds in
his electric runabout one morning when
he had the bad luck to bump into and up
set a pedestrian. The doctor looked be-
hind. and, seeing the man stiu suplne on
the road, he turned his runabout and
came back. intending to stop beside the
poor fellow and help him.
But the car shot q yard or two beyond
the mark and hit the man again Just as
he was getting up With a groan he fell
back. and the Mortified doctor turned his
runabout once more. and this time ap-
preached with greater caution.
LAS he very slowly and carefully steered
toward his unfortunate victim. IN excited
spectator shouted from the sidewalk:
Look out. he's coming at you again..
'"Thereupon the man scrambled up and
ran away as fast as painful limp would
let him."
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Office, thus giving the Adams family
the earliest claim upon being the most
distinguished of the signers But.
viewed from the standpoint of the ac-
twities of its members in more re-
cent times, the Lee family has probably
outStripped all the others. with the pos
sible exception of the Harrisons. There
were two Lees who We're Signers of
the Declaration of Independence. They
were Richard Henry Lee and Francis
Lightfoot Lee. both of Virginia. These
Lees were kinsmen and of the same
stock that has bred that long line of
Lees that have been famous, par
ticularly in tho military history of
the nation. Eighth orse Harry" Lee of
the revolution was a member of the
family, as was Gen. Robert Z. Lee of
the Confederacy and Fitzhugh Lee of
the Spanish American war \ present
representative of the Richard Henry
Lee descent is Blair Lee of Maryland,
who has recently announced his can
ddacy for governor in opposition to
the German faction, which has so long
dominated Maryland politics. Robert
L. Lee, jr.. the present-day representa-
tive of the Robert E. Lee family, is a
descendant of Francis Lightfoot Lee.
Lawrence Washington. who is the only
member of the Washington family to-
day in the government service. he be-
ing connected with the Congressional
Library, is also a descendant Of Rich
ard Henry Lee.
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you'll find a Little Old Man with a wart
on his nose. and he knows
That very night the Travelling Man
threw up his job by telegraph and start
ed to Palm Beach. For there really was
a blonde lady and q hated rival. When
he got there he signed his name at the
best hotel in the village. as he always
did wherever he went, and as soon as he
had disposed of nine-course dinner
with trimmings he lighted his cigar.
stuck his thumbs In the armholes of his
vest and strolled out in search OF infor-
nation. He didn't have far to go. Just
around the corner of the big veranda he
found seven little old men exchanging
symptoms and each little old man had a
wart on his nose This was a problem
he hadn't figured on. but he took the
bull right by the horns.
Gentlemen he said. excuse me Tor
buttin in. but which enc Of you can tell
me the way to the Googoo Island?
1.-THE little old men stared at him and
then at one another with widening eyes.
Then without q word they got up and
hobbled away as fast as they could. All
of them-that Is. except one, and he just
looked at the Travelling Man and laughed.
They think you're crazy. said ne.
and so do /. but for different reason.
They never heard Of the Googoo Island.
/ know where Ii Is, but nobody IN his
right mind ever wants to go there.
Maybe So said the Travelling Man.
but there's exceptions to all rules.
Gimme the route and I'll assume all the
risks. I've got to have that Singin' Tree
oh. very WE'LL said the Little Old
Man. II that's the way you feel about it.
You get you good gasoline launch, then
you go seven days due east and three
days due south. Then you will see the
Googoo Island. You will know it by a
tall mountain that rises from It's middle.
and on the left-hand side of that noun
tain you'll find the Singing Tree. and
may the Terrible Old Woman have mercy
on you.
so the Travelling Man rented launch
and he sailed seven days east and three
Island even as he was told. And as he
approached there came across the waters
a sound like forty-horse-power calliope
in a circus parade. And it was singing
Annie Laurie.
~ always did like that tune, said the
Travelling Man. but, Jeeminy Caruso.
what a voice for grand opera. Guess it
went be much trouble to locate the Tree.
but I wonder. now. where the Old Lady
hangs out. II can Just get ten minutes
conversation with her I think / can do
some business. / forgot to ask her name.
but l reckon I can get round that some
Old Woman with the Extensible Arm.
WHAT'S an extensible arm? I'd like to
know
When he Travelling Man wanted to
make a sale he didn't do any beating
around the bush; he went straight to
the point. He wasn't out to sell goods
on this trip. but he worked his regular
system. The minute he got ashore he
made a bee line for the Singing Tree
Three hours hard walking brought him
to the top of a hill. frcm which he could
see the object OF all his journey, which
wasn't tree at all, but a sapling. that
reminded him of the rubber plant at the
florists around the corner from home.
Sitting down by 1t, busily engaged in tat
ting. was the Terrible Old Woman. She
was so engrossed, in fact. that the
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the patriots of 1916 have formed a society
known as the Descendants of the Signers.
and the habit is being formed of turning
each year 10 that shrine of independence,
that cradle OF liberty, where the nation
came into being. and there celebrating the
anniversary of the nations birth.
In old Independence Hall. June Z 1776,
Richard Henry Lee of Virginia intro
duced a resolution which provided for the
appointment of committee to draft a
declaration setting forth the independence
OF the colonies from England. The reso-
luton carrying. Thomas Jefferson was
made chairman of that committee and
being man of wide reputation for the
logic of his mind and the facility of his
pen. he wrote the Declaration of indie
psndence. John Adams and Benjamin
Franklin made some small changes. and
the report of the committee was ready by
June %. But Saturday and Sunday inter-
Nened. and 1t was July l before the mat
ter was formally presented to the Cont
mental Congress. For three days il was
debated, and on the Fourth OF July late
in the afternoon. 1t was passed. Jeffer-
son. In later writing OF the occasion,
stated that the passing of the Declare
ton was hurried by the fact that a barn
stood near by the hall. and that many
flies We're bred at the barn These en-
tered the windows of Independence Hall
and greatly tortured the members of the
congress, particularly attacking their
stocdnged shins. As the deliberations pro-
ceeded their laced handkerchiefs piled
busily about their legs, but the discom-
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PRESIDENT SHERrIAN
DESCENDED fROn
ROGER, SHERnAN
]. pANem @S&4VTMEMIMG

The only daughter of Benjamin Frank
lin, Miss Sallie Franklin. was married to
an Englshman by the name of Richard
Bache. who had settled in New Jersey.
So was begun the family Of Bache. in
which have been found the most ilustrious
members Of the Franklin family. Frank
lin was the first Postmaster General. and
was succeeded by his son-in-law. Richard
Bache. Senator Robert ]. Walker of
Mississippi who became Secretary of the
Treasury under the Polk administration,
was descendant Of Sallie Franklin.
In Philadelphia still reside various
members of the Bache family. Philadel-
phia is fonder OF it's celebration Of the
Fourth of July than is any community on
earth 1t takes the view that II has a
proprietary right in this celebration, for
was not the Declaration written. signed
and passed upon I'm its very midstD So
Philadelphia celebrates the Fourth of
July with more spirit than does any other
city. And in these celebrations the de-
scendants of Salie Franklin are given
the place of first honor.
In Washington dwells a great-great-
grandson Of Benjamin Franklin. His
name is Rene Bache, a journalist
Rear Admiral Richard Wainwright. who
was in command of the battleship Maine
when she was blown up in Havana har-
Dor, is likewise a descendant of Sallie
Franklin Rear Admiral Wainwright par
ticipated in the great naval battle of San
tiago. during the Spanish-American war,
and was advanced ten mum bers in rank
because of conspicuous conduct in this
battle. He is now stationed at the Navy
Department in Washington, and Is one
OF the governments most respected au-
thorities upon naval affairs. His brother,
Dallas Pache Wainwright. was formerly
a commander in the navy. and is now one
of the scientific men in the governments
coast and geodetic survey.
Most of the signers of the Declaration
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direct descendant of Robert Morris
of Pennsylvania, who was one of the
strong and active men in those early
days and who headed a line of
Morrises that is today well repre-
scented in public life.
Benjamin Harrison OF Virginia pre-
sided over the Continental Congress
when it was celebrating upon the Dec
laration Of Independence. William
Henry Harrison, the Indian fighter, who
came to be popularity known Tip
pecanoe," was a son of this first Ben
Jamin Harrison, became the idol Of the
people a generation later and was
elected President His grandson,
named after the signer of the Declara-
ton, added the name of Harrison again
to the list of Presidents. Today there
are two Harrisons in the national
House of Representatives. They are
Francis Burton Harrison of New York
city and Byron Patton Harrison of Mis-
sissippi. both young men just begin
ming their political caIeer. Then there
are the Carter Harrisons of Chica go.
father and son, who have served many
terms as mayor Of that municipality
and who have been often taken stock
of as presidential timber.
John Adams, as a signer OF the
Declaration Of independence, later be-
came President. and his son, John
Quincy Adams. later attained the same
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LIEUTENANT
Mn. TAYLOR SMITH, OF
The LINE OF JEFFERSON.

of Independence seem to have bequeathed
to posterity more offspring than did JEFF
ferson, the man who sat in the small
back room in the house of Gratz, the
bricklayer, on Market street, in Phila-
delphia. and actually transcribed that
greatest of written documents Jefferson
left no male descendants who came to ma
turity. Down in Edgehill. Va, there still
remains a remnant of the Jefferson fam
lily. Two sons of Edward Jaquelin Smith
are the present-day representatives Of the
Jefferson family. Their mother comes di-
recrly from the strain of Thomas Jeffer-
son. while the father is descended from
Sir Tom Smith. the brother of the swash-
buckling Capt. John. in whose behalf the
Princess Pocahontas pleaded Young
Lieut.. William Taylor Smith of this fam
lily graduated from Annapolis a decade
ago, made the world cruise with the fleet
and Will celebrate the anniversary of the
adoption of that Declaration which his
ancestor wrote on board the good battle
ship Virginia, off the coast of New Eng
land.
One of the descendants Of the signers
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of the Dec laration of Independence who
has gained most fame in the literary
world is Thomas Nelson Page. writer
of many books. He is a d rect lineal
Virginia, who was a signer of the great
document. This Thomas Nelson was a
wealthy Virginia planter who in early
days amassed great wealth and lived
serving as a member of the Continen al
Congress he became Governor of Nir-
ginia. He has many descendants, of
whom Thomas Nelson Page is the best
known
Charles W. Stewart. who is in charge
of naval war records at the Navy De-
partment, and one Of the greatest stu
dents in the government employ. is a
direct descendant Of James Smith of
Pennsylvania, a signer of the Declaration
of Independence. Mr.. Stewart was a
member of the famous class Of 81, which.
upon graduating from the Naval Acad-
envy at Annapolis. was prevented from
entering upon the life work for which 1t
had been studying, by an act of Con-
gress. This is the same class Of which
Admiral Uriu was member and which.
despite the refusal to allow lis members
to go into the navy because of an al
legged overabundance Of officers. has made
itself famous because of the acc omplish-
ment of its members. Official Washing
ton has come to look upon Mr.. Stewart
as an unfailing source Of Information.
Whenever any Of his friends are puzzled
for facts on any subject conceivable they
call up Mr.. Stewart and he never fails
them.
Another military man Of great distinc-
ton who comes of the stosk of '76 Is Brig.
Gen W. w. Wotherspoon. president OF
the governments War College. and one
of the greatest military authorities of .he
nation. John Wotherspoon of New Jer-
sey was his ancestor in the Continental
Congress.
But the man of them all Of the descend
ants of the signers who today holds the
highest official position is James School
craft Sherman, Vice President Of the
United States. Vice President Sherman
is lineal descendant of Roger Sherman
of Connecticut. who affixed his signature
to the Declaration of Independence.
An additional name that has been writ
ten high in the world of literature. and
which may be traced back to the signers
is that Of F. Hopkinson Smith, author of
The Wood Fire in Number Three and
many other stories. Mr.. Smith is a de-