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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-07
"Coney" and Moving Picture
Shows Harbor Courtships,
and Even Railway
Stations Act as
Rendezvous.

scr couples standing side by side. always
holding hands. Wherever the glow OF the
arc Is dimned by the shadow OF architect
ure the lovers are TO be found.
The same dream IS with them all, he
they walking. riding on the ferryboats. on
the streetcars the elevated or the subway:
he they seated on park benches, be they
no matter where. They dream OF the
future which will grant them a little room.
even II only eight By ten, wherein they
NAV sit and tell each other the wonderful
Story OF love without some hooking. laugh
stirring pessmist overhearing them. They
dream OF evenings no longer to be spent
as outcasts on the street for the purpose
Of love strolling, but passed In little
home OF their own.
MANY things are difficult OF achievement
in New York" said sociologist not long
ago. but nothing is more difficult than
the making OF love without reproach."
And II Is to overcome this difficulty that
so many lovers flock TO Coney Island when
the season opens. There they may romp
together TO their hearts content without
causing comment: there they may sit on
the sand and gaze into each others eyes;
there they may hold hands and have no
one laugh at them. In the town. II they
are seen. IL is different.
J Many couples come in here and wait
/ for trains" said uniformed man at tho
Grand Central the other day They come
! early in the evening and sit down In tho
waiting room. Perhaps they sit for three
| hours. All this time they are resting ana
whispering their small talk. Then they
make a break for the trainshed They
! throw their arms around each other as
! though one is going away. They kiss.
Yes. the thing is done right along Then
they walk. arm In arm. out by another
door That's the way many New YORK
lovers get chance to have their good
night kiss without comment"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-07

many Of them.
Central Park has some Of the lovellest
lovers walks to be found In years
search At this time Of year everything
Is green and the trees have grown big
with buds Heavy bushes lining the walks
shield against what small cool breezes may
blow, and a courtship here. even with as
many couples sitting on n bench as II VIII
hold IS not TO be despised. Especially FOND
are some young people Of strolllng the
paths, going along the Mall. climbing rustic
steps or riding in the tiny boats on the
waters The birds which twitter overhead
are not more light hearted than the low
speaking pairs nor are they more free or
the worries over the day just ended ana
those days TO come.
Riverside Drive Park is never without It's
wandering lovers on spring evenings. Inc
benches are always filed. ana many couples
sit on the roots Of big trees and exchange
their tendernesses. And the parlor pur-
pose of these parks is duplicated In all the
others in town. Even The park at Null
berry Bend is frequented by lovers, VINO
are not backward in billing and cooling
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-07

fare. But when It comes to riding, the
elevated road has preference.
platform man stationed on one Of the
elevated lines at a station from which
either uptown or downtown trains can be
taken recently said: IT'S not uncommon
custom for couples to get out of a car
going one way and into a car going the
other"
rs that practice permitted" he was
asked
We'll" he replied, folks can do II
once. but when the trick gets to be
habit and they do the change act half
dozen times in the one evening we have
to make em stop or pay another fare"
The elevated lines of New York are laid
out in such manner that it is possible to
travel pretty much all over Manhattan
and The Bronx for a single fare. Boarding
a train at any station one may go 10
South Ferry and change to another line.
on spring evenings couples circle around
from the Seconc and Third avenue lines
over 10 the Sixth or Ninth avenue line
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-07

too far. His reconnaissance became skir-
mish, and was at the point of precipitat-
ing the battle at a place where 1t was not
supposed to occur. Tyler remembered his
orders at this juncture and fell pacK'
giving Beauregard the impression that It
was the early part OF the real attack. Nc
DowelI decided not TO meet Beauregard In
front. but to cut around his left end. His
engineers spent two days looking for ford
which was not fortified. by means OF which
the main army could be got across the
Run.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-07
Fty Ago New York Read Sadly of This Same Battle of Bull Run
This Is the First of Series of Articles Which Will Garry
the Reader in Fancy, Through All of the I'm
portant Occurrences of the Great Civil
War Between the States.

swept back and forth across II. the Union
forces taking st. and then the Confederate
advance pushing them back down the hill.
IL was on this plateau that General jack
son earned his sobriquet OF "Stonewall,"
for his troops were noted to be standing
like "stone wall" lending courage TO tho
weary hosts who for the moment thought
themselves lost. The end Of the battle Is
described by John Hay and John Nicolay
In these words:
Two Union batteries that had been post
ed near the crest Of the hill I'm advance OF
the main body OF infantry were lost by
mistaking a rebel for Union regiment.
and because Of the lax organization and
want OF discipline in the raw volunteer
regiments the strength OF McDowels COM
mand melted away IN a rapid demoraliza-
ton. The scales OF victory. however. yet
vibrated in uncertainty. until at in tho
afternoon the remainder OF Johnston's
army arrived and seven fresh rebel regt-
ments were thrown against the extreme
right and partly in the rear OF the Union
line This heavy numerical overweight at
a decisive time and place terminated tho
battle very suddenly. The abundant ru-
mors that Johnston was coming 10 the
Nelp Oh bedNrtbdIu sttmtu N'iiiicu' o'ib
the Union regiments, ignorant Of the fact
that they had been successfully fighting
part Of his force all day, were seized with
a panic and began by a common impulse
10 move in retreat.
THE suddenness OF their victory was IS
unexpected 10 the rebel as 10 the Union
commanders Jefferson Davis. who had
come from Richmond. arriving at Manassas
at O'clock was informed that the battle
was lost. and was implored by his com-'
panions not to endanger his personal safe-
~ by riding to the front. Nevertheless. ho
persisted. and was overjoyed 10 find that
the Union army had by sudden and un-
explained impulse half run, half marched
from the field"
The Confederates were so uncertain oc
the results themselves that they hesitatef
to take advantage OF their victory by pur-
suit, expecting a fresh attack the follow"
ing morning The precaution was need
less" wrote Hay and Nicolay. for the
Union army was so much demoralized
that the commanders deemed II unsafe to
make a stand at Centreville. where the re-
serves were posted. and rapid though
orderly retreat was continued through tha
night and until all organized regiments or
fragments reached their old camps WITHIN
the Notifications on the Potomac and the
scattered fugitives made their way across
the river into the city OF Washington.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-07
Girls with Furnished Rooms
as Homes" Receive Their
SWANS in Parks, on
Ferryboats, Trolley
or 81" Cars.

OvEMAKING in New York city Is
II rather precarious task. In small
or towns each girl has a home, IN
,tse na~lor Of which she may sit and listen
TO the Cupid cooings Of some young man
But In New York il is different II mas
not been computed, for the task is lhlpos-
sible. how many Of the girls who 20 out
IA uorL live in furnished rooms, without
the parlor privilege.
There are thousands Of girl clerks
dressrnakers milliners. stenographers ana
sctressee On this city whose income is so
small that ANYTHING more than soii'aTy
room IS out Of the question Nhe" '"o'
are home" they are confined 10 an "P"'
ment Of meagre proportions the iui ".''''
ings Of which are likewise measre. an"
this matter of home" sways the uestin'
Of love 10 a greater extent than "ouiu NC
Imagined -,
ss..TThe tragic tale is plain TO all WHO WI"
'observe the frequency Of the rom" -
rent" or furnished rooms sign !" sO''o
parts Of the city one Of these signs - ~
he seen IN every window; in o'hei P"
" is placed IN every other wlndo"'
this means that one room may nc
with the bath privilege. perhaps Du' nun
ing else
This condition is great handicap "
the making OF love. Instead Of recelNlhe
her young man" in the parlor oi
rome girl must discover oth"r pi"
'or the reception Of the tender lam
accompanies most happy lives. ana nv,
Iiaces because Of the absurdity some P0'
IONS discover in the presence OF a ma"
"''o woman in soft conversation % y"
conversation at all. must be out OF i"'7
OF prying Yision.
ssc me streets Of New York are o'''"
sY'ted with young couples who ma JOY ="
@hs with each other This IS especiai'+
Y.cesoie as every spring arrives. p"'
- ."e mare Of electric lights there can "o
~e 1olQlnG OF hands. so the darker sIeeto
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-07
PATTERSON'S FATAL DELAY.

Patterson had been charged with tho
duty Of defeating or holding Johnston In
the Shenandoah Valley; lie had a double
force with which 10 perform his task Had
he done So Mcdowell, who in that case
would have been superior in numbers 20
Beauregard, and whose plans were In the
main iudicious, could easily have con-
ouered II was Johnston's army which
Patterson had permitted 10 escape. that
principally fought the Battle of Bull Run
and defeated Mcdowell
The uncertainty OF the results was re-
rected elsewhere. On that fateful Sunday
afternoon President Lincoln, being assured
on what he thought was conclusive au-
thority that Mcdowell had won, ordered his
carriage and went out for his usual even
ing drive. He had not returned when. at
6 o'clock, Secretary Seward came to tho
Executive Mansion" according to Hay and
Nicolay, pale and haggard. Where is tho
PRESIDENT he asked hoarsely OF the pri-
vate secretaries. Gone 70 drive they an
swered Have you any late news he con-
tinued They read him the teegrams which
announced victory Tell no one said ne.
That is not true. The battle is lost. Tho
telegraph says that Mcdowell Is In fun re-
treat and calls on General Scott 10 save
the capital Find the President and tell him
TO come Immediately to General SCOTS
"Halr an hour later the President re-
turned from his drive, and his private Sec
retaries gave him Stewards message. the
first intimation he received OF the trying
news. He listened in silence. without tho
slightest change Of feature or expression
and walked away 10 army headquarters.
There he read the unwelcome report In
telegram from a captain of engineers:
General McDowelrs army in full retreat
through Centreville. The day is lost. Save
washington and the remnants or this
army. The routed troops VIII not re-
form This information was such an ir-
reconcilable contradiction Of the former
telegram that General Scott utterly refused
10 believe IT, That one officer should re-
port the army beyond Bull Run. driving
the enemy and ordering up reserves ana
Continued on fifth page.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-07
MCCLELLAN IN OHIO.

rho three months between the hrihs
60 and this date were full Of in
dents Virginia. Arkansas North Ca'o-
49, and Tennessee Joined the seNe"
co,,bern states which had previously Sc
80 and formed the Confederacy. The
,4onlA in the mountains of the western
rart ~ Virginia. who were not IN sym
natbv with slaveholding organized new
state which was called West Virginia
Cr, in Cincinnati. on a Sunday. April T.
9 number Of leading men called confer
enca 10 discuss the war and. in particular
~ rronoote the appointment e former
United States army officer, and at that
time president OF a railroad, captain
George 3. Mcclellan. TO a military COM
rand Aided by approving kilograms sent
70 Washington from different cities Of the
Union. the military capacity OF Mcclellan
greatly needed. was made available and by
Nav u. he found himself a Major General
in the United States Volunteer Army. hav-
ing command of the Department of the
Ohio consisting OF the states of Ohio, In
diana and Illinois.
Ignorant Of TIE length Of time required
for military preparations for success, and
not realizing the strength Of the force
against which they had TO contend, there
was great cry in the North for action.
action Forward TO Richmond"' was the
cry. General Winfield Scott, the COM
mander OF the army. intrenched some OF
the volunteers who had enlisted for three
months on Arlington Heights for the pro-
lection Of Washington and took measures
for holding Fortress Monroe by placing
BENJAMIN F Butler in command Of num-
her Of regiments at that point. He also
planned for force 10 occupy the region
IN the neighborhood Of Harper's Ferry. the
Northern doorway Of the fruitful Shenan-
doeh Valley
This was the back door by which the
Confederates might march in behind WASH
.ington. 1t was fully protected by the
rampant of the Blue Ridge. and the COM
mand OF the few gaps through the noun
tans. OF which Manassas Gap was the
most northerly. was i'm the hands OF the
Confederates. In taking possession OF the
Arlington region Colonel Ellsworth.
brilliant and fine spirited young soldier. be-
loved of Lincoln, was killed while person
ally removing Confederate flag from
hotel where il was floating defiantly IN the
breeze. He was the first Union officer to
lose his life, and this fact. coupled with
lis high qualities. served as fuel to the
,aDidly rising feelings of the North.
Arlington Heights and Alexandra hav-
inc been successfully occupied, Scott turned
his thoughts to Harper's Ferry He es-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-07

even under the electric lights.
There isn't streetcar in town that
doesn't carry lovers on pretty nearly every
evening trip II makes" remarked starter.
"youd be surprised at the number Of fell
lows and girls who, when they begin keep
ing company. have no other place TO 20 to
carry on that courtship except the street
cars"
Conductors pass along the same word
Hardly trip is made at this time of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-07
The Facts Came Then in Fragments and Often Distorted
but Here Is the Rounded Narrative, in Perusng
Which One May Transport Himself
Half Century Backward

tablished there force Of approximately
10000 men. under General Robert Patter-
son. militia general from Pennsylvania.
who had seen service in the War OF 1912
and the Mexican War. and who although
sixsy-nine years old. was full of enthusi-
asm 1t was not only his business to keen
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad open to
the West. but to support the Union senti
ment in West Virginia and drive the Con-
tederates back down the Shenandoah Val
ley.
Jefferson Davis thought so much Of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-07

VAIN CENTURY mas elapsed since
~ tho opening or the civil war
~ -. .a,.rat,on mas come upon uie
1900 and q neriod OF semi-centenihaiS Va
events connected with that great
oon,rg rhs anniversaries OF the a''"oA
~ 49,, sumter and the departure 'o'
-1s,osh,rs,on NJ number OF fesi'ie",S
.,.,e,on ras,onded 70 the call for 'a'VV WI
unteers TO serve three months az 1saor'..a ,r
been revived in memory -, oa,.
some manner, as oescrioeu =" ., IN.
tons Of The Tribune. In the eou' .,,,os
NEXT four wears there Will De oppo
~ celebrate the martial ardor Vi u" -
team neonle as exhibited IN i'ioi
thirty great battles-battes WIN" WI.
hold a Mace in history as military eNp, 49,
=, s,roo, moment. II is the purpose Oh Inc
,rr,nura N tell over again, IN a series y.
or,,c,.s tho stories of these great events u
q nalf century ago. and the hls'oii0 INV
dents which linked them togelhei'
Down in Virginia. thirty-two miles Sou'i'-
west of Washington. or about ''ie
between the Grand Central sta''o" ."
city and Stamford, Conn, "iii"ine' $40
elsh stream flows in southedS'0i''
.ton toward the Potomac. II 10
Bull Run. Although II Is posSi0'0
20 wade across 1t at certain points
for the most part IT flows between steep
and sometimes precipitous and rocky BANKS
Three miles south OF this creek lies Mahas-
sas Junction. on high. open plateau II
g called by this name because it is the
junction Of the main line OF the Sou'hei
railroad with a road coming from the
shenandoah Valley through the Manassas
can. II was al this point, Of when one
hears very little in these days that the
Confederates took their advance stand lot
the purpose OF menacing Washington ana
guarding their railroad connections with
the bounteous supplies of cattle and cefeals
n be found in the protected Shenaiiuo"n
VALLEY. and II was here that the Federdi
forces. on July q. 1861. attacked them Win
:. vieor which. it was thought. would have
q decisive effect upon the war This was
tho first big battle.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-07

Continued on fifth page.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-19
Mr.. EDISON BACK IN PULPIT
His Fiancee at Church, Too, but Not in
Her Accustomed Choir Seat.

The Rev G. Clement Edison. pastor Of
the Noble street Presbyterian Church.
Noble and Lorimer streets. Greenpoint.
whose matrimonial intentions with regard
TO Miss Gertrude Able, the soloist Of the
church choir, caused gossip among the
congregation and which was the reason for
the mona ppearance Of Mr.. Edison and
Miss Able al the church a week ago yes
tcrday. again occupied the pulpit in that
edi1ce at the morning services yesterday.
Miss Able was also present. but was not
IN her accustomed seat IN the choir. She
was seated among the congregation. Mr.
Edison made no reference to his engage
ment. which had caused so much stir
among the congregation and brought him
unsougnt for publicity.
IT was thought al first he would endeavor
t. explain further the stand he had taken
in reference 10 MS engagement when he
announced three different texts: Cast thy
burdens on the Lord and he will sustain
YOU" Let each one bear his own bur
cen" and Bear We one another's burden
Many in the congregation We're somewhat
surprised when IT was found his entire ser
mon was to show that while the Bible
apparently contradicted itself IN different
passages in reality there was no conflict
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-19
NEGROES SHUN VACCINATION
Smallpox Case Makes Stir IN
Harlem's Little Africa.

Most Of the popuiace 81 Harlem
Little Africa" is suffering from the et-
fects Of a wholesale vaccination LOT
smallpox. which was performed by q
CORPS Of Health Department doctors last
night Pearl Edmonds. q negro girl VINO
lives at No. 20 West both street. is the
real cause Of the trouble. She was taken
sick Yesterday morning. and when A
physician was called he diagnosed the
case as smallpox The Health Depart
ment was notified at once, and the girl
was removed to the Kingston Avenue
Hospital. in Brooklyn.
Headed by chief Inspector Duns"ith OF
the Health Department and the reserves
Of the East 10th street station, eight
doctors hurried 10 the big tenement
house from which the girl had been re-
moved and started to vaccinate every
one i'm it. There was much excitement
among tho negroes. and the tenants in
other houses soon became alarmed and
started for the street Tho doctors vac
cinated seventy-five in the house and
then left It 10 be fumigated
Accompanied by the policemen. who
had difficulty in preserving order. the
physicians visited other houses in the
neighhorhood. and vsccinated those who
were willing to have them do SO. They
worked until late last night
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-19
KILLS WIFE WITH AXE
Then Jumps Four Stories as
Three Children Look On.

After he had killed his wife. Eva. by
crushing her head with an axe IN bed
room Of their apartment. on the fourth
focr Of a tenement house at No. ~
Third avenue. early this morning. "hile
his three children looked helplessly on,
Louis Kuckermeister attempted suicide
nv leaping from rear window TO the
courtyard below.
He was found unconscious and SUI
fering from a fracture OF the skull by
Patrolman Haverty. Of the East 3lat
street police station, and rushed to
Flower Hospital. prisoner on the
charges Of homicide and attempted sui
eide He is not expected 10 live.
Mrs John Olsen. who also occupies an
apartment on the fourth floor Of the
house. was awakened shortly after mid
night by RI ps upon her door. In the hall
way she found Louis. nine years old. the
oldest son Of KuCkerneister no pleaded
with her to come to their apartment and
keep his father from killing his mother
Mrs Olsen hurried to the street instead
and got Patrolman Haverty.
He found the body Of the woman lying
on the floor Of tho bedroom. near "a BILE.
in \ pool Of blood. the back Of her head
crushed in. The apartment was vacant.
save for the three children. who We're
crowded about the motionless form 81
their mother.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-19
MEDICAL AID IN SCHOOLS
Russell Sage Foundation Says
Inspection Covers t,033 Cities.

The Department Of Child Hygiene of the
Russell Sage Foundation issued its 1o1st
bulletin Yesterday, consisting of the first
comprehensive report Of what American
school systems are doing for the health Of
children. The report covers conditions in
l03S cities. or nearly 90 per cent Of the
important municipalities It gives a brief
history Of medical Inspector of schools
since its inception in Boston sixteen years
ago and details as 10 the army OF school
physicians. dentists and nurses now en-
ployed
Ten years ago the number Of cities hav-
ing medical inspection was eleven; now 1t
is four hundred and forty-three. Boston
was the first to employ school physicians
now there are nearly fifteen hundred Of
them. Nurses were first employed in New
York schools nine years ago; now almost
five hundred are employed in eighty cities.
Sixty-nine cities employ dentists for the
children.
Massachusetts, and New jersey are far
ahead Of the other states in school prog
ress. while the Far East and the Far West
have generally shown the most progress
large part OF the report is given over
10 the hygiene Of the schoolrOom, telling
about the use Of sanitary innovations.