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New-York tribune., 1911-11-19

knowledge Of the machinery Of city gov
ernment Except in one or two cases he
was compelled to tell the Mayor he could
not find for the municipality men whose
training qualified them in any way to
accept the position"
The school will be under the direction at
first of Messrs. Bruere and Cleveland, who
will give part OF their time. and Of DR..
Allen. whose entire attention will be given
to the enterprise at the request Of Mrs.
Hartman. The training will consist in
actual work in analyzlng and describing
forms OF organization and methods. The
students will be asked to point out defects
and suggest remedies. They will be turned
loose among New York City's departments
Many agree that New York City affords
an admirable laboratory. The men will
receive their training through being as
signed TO do the work that needs to be
done They will be sent securing the city
for a fact Having captured said fact the
student Will be expected to carry 1t with
him. throughout whatever experiences he
may be compelled to undergo, until the
corrective pin has been stuck through its
head in the department of the city gov
ernment that may have been remiss.
Suppose, for example, that a taxpayer
reports to the Bureaus OF Municipal Re-
search the presence in an areaway Of
barrels and waste material that should
not be there. Dr. Allen will send one OF
the younger students to the spot The en-
bryo expert finds the barrels; but he must
not run back 10 DR.. Allen TO report the
fact The students experience Is just
beginning.
Having found the material that inhu-
enced the protest from the taxpayer, the
student must learn what department Of
the city government is responsible. He
must learn what President McAneny Is
doing Only when the department at fault
is brought to book by the student Is his
work on that job done
The point is made that the young man
who learns things about municipal gov
ernment by that thorough method will
not forget them.
Under the Manhattan end OF the Brooklyn
Bridge space for booth was going to De
let the other day, according to DR.. Allen
for 5000 a year. A man wrote the bureau
that he was willing to pay $4,000 year
FOR H. student in the new school was
sent to investigate Il. In the first place.
he was told to find out whether the story
was true. II so. to ascertain why the
Park Department let concession with
out calling for public bidding. Again. to
discover how many other park conces-
sions If any, had been let by the ParA
Department without public bidding.
The student worked the whole thing TO
satisfactory finish. 1t was not al easy
New-York tribune., 1911-11-19
BRONxVILlE.

Society in Westchester County is antici-
patng with pleasure the annual Thanksgiv-
ing ball to be held in the grand ballroom
Of the Hotel Gramatan. Lawrence Park.
Bronxville, on Wednesday evening, Novem-
ber 90 Motorists who have come TO ap-
preciate the beauty OF the drives through
out Westchester County enjoyed the re-
markable transformation OF scenery brought
about by the unexpected fall OF snow. The
autumn leaves had scarcely lost their color
when a blanket OF soft. clinging snow sud
denly turned autumn TO winter Among
the arrivals at the Hotel Gramatan during
the week are Mr.. and Mrs. w, H. Greene.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bradley Stoughten. Mrs.
Horatio Seymour, Miss Constance AleXan-
der. Mrs. H. a. Powell. Mrs. Augusta Hem
mer Mrs. A. II. LDsee Mrs. J. u. Swan
strom, f.. S. B,uedIct. G. r. Brldeford H..
H. Hodges, Il. Bacon and Miss olive Morse.
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Some of the Students May
Receive Good Salaries,
Too, While Getting
the Education.

my own conviction is that II VIII never
be possible so to organize instruction IN
the universities that it will ft men 20 90
the work OF municipal, or even OF state
officials or employees, or of civic leaders,
University courses in statistics, poliucai
theories or political economy are y.
course, the desirable foundation OF fu'uie
efficiency and administrative ability Ou'
by themselves fall far short of the essen
tial equipment for public service.
Many men have come TO me as apPn
cants for appointment, possessing al v
these qualifications, and some with wv
added advantage OF a training IN ID"
accountancy. but who were as lgnoran'
the practical problems OF day-to-day 'asN'
of municipal investigation or adminis"e
ton as is the average drygoods mereN@H'
OF the problems OF railroad adminisu'
ton" .,
DO you want to learn how 10 mo o.'
the important things about city? 10 sOs
want TO be the man to wave the req '.s.
when something is the matter WIN va
municipal switch? Surely. II you nave
thus far you know how best TO start
New-York tribune., 1911-11-19
Mrs. Hartman Has Just En-.
dowed a School with
That Unusual Goal
in View.

:, YOU would like 10 qualify as an expert
orqan,zer and administrator Of municipal
or other government departments and re-
ceive q salary while being trained this ar
ticle should interest you. Mrs. L. H. Har-
rirnan has lust started a school Where some
OF the students will receive salaries as
high as 5000 a year. They must be good
students. although that in itself will hardly
sufBce They must be good for some spe-
cifc thing.
Mrs Hartman believes that the time is
ripe to begin an experiment In training
men for public service as students and as
administrators through doing work thSt
moods 10 be done and getting information
that needs TO be obtained Having arrived
at this conclusion, she has given $4,000 TO
found such a training school Business as
socjates and friends Of the late Mr.. Harrl-
man have guaranteed $4,000 for the pur-
nose The new training school is therefore,
launched with an assurance OF sufnclent
money 20 carry on its work for the next
FIVE years, the intention Of its promoters
being 10 spend $4,000 a year in conduct
ing II.
Mr.. Harriman's last appearance in public
was at dinner where well known busi-
ness man talked on the theme Of Govern
ment as a Business
Pm convinced about that" interjected
Mr.. Hartman 1.-THE thing TO do is to de-
terrnine what TO do about H."
HIS idea was that government regulation
Of business was coming to stay, and that II
would be best II supervision Of the kind
might be. directed by those possessing un-
usual knowledge. competency and EN-
cheney I'm government. Mrs. Hartman, by
etarting fund for training men in the
study and administration Of public busi-
ness. is. therefore. carrying out one Of the
iaet wishes Of her husband. She has
rlaced the management Of the school in
tho hands Of DR.. william II. Allen. Of the
Bureau Of Municipal Research. The ad-
dress Of the new school is No. PSI Broad
way.
DIR. Allen says It is Mrs. Harriman's
wish that the institution accept as stu
dents a number Of men who have the in
cIination 10 devote their lives to TINS klnd
of work. They must possess the quali'ies
NJ character and Of mind that will enable
them. after adequate training 10 DO the
work Of the present directors OF the Bu-
New-York tribune., 1911-11-19
THE POETIC SPIRIT.

The poetic spirit is sometimes 80.
tagious," says a well known actor, 49, w.,
services are frequently enlisted IN a. - ',,s
performances. Not long ago was
company rehearsing for an open az .,o, %
formance Of AS You Like II near p's ~,sv
and the garden wherein We were " Ia.
was overlooked by a rising brick cum,
AS we recited our lines The "o'N''''
tinued their labors. "a. IN
zone afternoon. during a silent pAu'S ,hs
our rehearsal, heard voice iio~ ,.,,y /.
building exclaim with the utmost ,.nn
~ prithee. malapert' pass "e
brick .'"--Llppincotts
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on the head. 1t will rest with the surgeon
to find this diseased portion OF the brain,
or Of the liver, as the case may be, eXir-
pate It and replace the part with sound
tissue OF like kind.
Locomotor ataxia, characterized by a
jerky gait, due to lack OF COORDINATION in
muscular control OF the lower limbs, begins
with a degenerauve change in portion of
the spinal cord; paresis, with a degenera-
tive change Of a part Of the brain; pro-
gressive muscular atrophy. with wasting
or degeneration of some muscle; while
Bright's disease has It's inception in kind
Of granular degeneration Of the kidneys.
All those diseases are now generally in
durable, because they are progressive in
their nature, each beginning with a minute
point of degeneration. which slowly spreads.
Moreover, all are organic diseases, and the
progress Of none can be arrested by any
known medicament.
Surgery offers the only hope of cure, the
method being that which has been indi-
cated-namely, to find the affected starting
point as early as possible, and. after ex-
cision OF the degenerated area, TO replace
the part with the like kind Of normal living
tissue obtained from anothers body. Even
parts Of a recently dead body are available
for use, since 1t has been found that by
no means all tissues die at the moment that
the soul leaves the body.
I have not mentioned possible surgical
interference with valvular disease Of 'he
heart, or the replacement of old and ex-
hausted organs with young and vigorous
ones. Still, who can assert that one day
some skilful surgeon will not be able to
insert whole new cardiac valves, as well
as whole new stomachs, new kidneys and
portions Of new intestines? At some not
remote time even portions of diseased lungs
may be cut out and new and healthy por-
tions substituted: which would be a radical
New-York tribune., 1911-11-19

below at 1880 a. m. and so on TIL the
digestive process had been completed
and the stomach is empty at p. m.
photographed with the X-ray by the aid OF an
ingenious device, described in this article)
= cure Of consumption Then, women suffer
| ing from a cancer of the breast might, af-
ter amputation Of the diseased part, be sup
piled with a new breast, and thug escape
deformity.
Let us now look for moment at the
effect on the human race generally II only
a modicum of these not wholly unreason-
able specuations should come true. Ply
sicians tell us that not one man in a
million dies of old age; but that nearly
always his death is premature and is
caused by some weak point becoming the
seat of fatal disease. Thus a man may
have powerful muscles, excellent lungs,
sound stomach and strong heart, but,
owing perhaps to heredity, his kidneys
may be weak and soon become the nuclear
point OF degeneratiye change.
Could such mans kidneys be patched
up, however, or renewed, he might live
for more than a hundred years. And so
with other men, who appear to be vigor-
GUS but whose strength, nevertheless,
hides some weakness; a cutting out Of the
one weak link and the substitution Of a
strong one would greatly lengthen the life
Of the whole human chain
Again. consider the giant intellects Of
genius coupled with puny frames and even
more miserable stomachs Consider what
the new science of transportation, when
perfected could do for these, and, in
doing for them. could do for the race. Fur
ther speculation may safely be left to the
readers imagination, which, Il vivid
enough, may picture to itself a future
race of made-over individuals of almost
infinite capacity for labor, mental and
physical, living to extreme old age in an
enjoyment of health equalling that of the
fealthiest individual at present.
1t is a lamertable fact that the appar
entity robust often die at an early age, and
many parts tends to reduce below normal
the strength OF certain other parts, which,
owing to their frailty invite disease that
undermnes the whole physical economy.
We see this strength allied with weakness
also in the brain, genius having ever had
a tendency toward insanity and inebriety.
The higher and more complex the organ
ism the more chance is there for the mani
festation Of some specific infirmity, and
this special weakness it will be the busi-
ness OF the new science to detect and then
to remedy by an actual substitution of
normal for the abnormal tissue. Many OF
New-York tribune., 1911-11-19

that a man can live minus finger, or even
a nose, but that he cannot live. at least for
long, with seriously diseased liver. degeh-
Grated kidneys. or tuberculous lungs. The
problem, therefore, which modern surgery
has now set itself TO solve is the radical
cure Of heretofore incurable diseases, first
by completely extirpating diseased parts
and then patching the mutilated surface
with healthy tissue taken from the IKE
New-York tribune., 1911-11-19
LITTLE CHOICE.

Russian Official-You cannot s'''
country.
Traveller-Then I'll leave H. o-t 70
Russian Official-Haye you pas'P
leave?
Traveller-No. ,eaye.
Russian official-Then you canho' ssc,ae
I will give YOU twenty-four hours 70 1our.
what YOU will do.-Casselrs Saturday ''
nal
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CHANGES IN THE HUMAN STOM-
ACH IN HALF a MINUTE.

In the first, the wave motion that dgests
food in the lower half Of the stomach
is starting az about the middle Of the
orqan. The figure below shows the
continuation Of this movement-and so
on to the last figure, in which the
stomach has again resumed its first
position.
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vels of Modern Surgery: Transplanting

injury TO the portion OF the Drain "hl."
stimulates the liver to perform its worn
Thus, diabetes may be produced py Dio"
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SUNDAYS NEW-YORK TRIBUNE
Mailed anywhere in the United States
for $3.50 a year.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-19

the Methodist Hospital, in Philadelphia. DR.
l. J. Hammond transplanted into sick
man the kidney Of healthy man who had
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THYROID VEIN AND SEGMENT OF
INTERNAL JUG LAR VEIN
TRANSPLANTED ON CAROTID
ARTERY.
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D0|Ksepm
SHADOWS OF A CATS MEAL DUR
ING DIGESTION.

The first silhouette shows the stomach
distended with food at II a. M, the one
below at 1880 a. m. and so on till the
digestive process had been completed
and the stomach is empty at p. m.
photographed with the X-ray by the aid OF an
iuqenious device described in this artice.)
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-13
PARK THEATRE
Madame Sherry"

That the theatregoers of this city | appreciate the opportunity afford d l them to see and hear Madame Shcr- ry'' so soon after its phenomenal hit in New York was made evident this 1 morning by the line of prospective office. It appears that the engage l ment of Madame Sherry at the Park Theatre. April 13. fl, and 15, matinee on Friday and Saturday, will
 break some local records for theatre attendance. Almost from the very day after the first American produc- tion of this gay French vaudeville in Chicago last April, the deductive score of the piece, particularly its
 theme song, "Ev'ry Little Movement, has been played, hummed and whis- tied from coast to coast, while Chi cago and New York have since then been convulsed with the unique com edy and delighted with the refresh ing charm and ingenuity of Madame Sherry" A special orchestra, in ad- | this theatre. are required for the rendition of the irresistible Hoschna score.
 "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.''
 'Rebecca of sunnybrook Farm Monday, April IT, direct from a, run
 of seven months at the Republic Theatre,"' New York, has been de- scribed as a modernized Peter Pan" with all the sweet ingenuouSnesS of childhood transported to the stage. People who have wondered how a play could be made from the book. have only to go to the theatre next week and have their wonderm ent satisfied. The play is in reality a combination of the two Rebecca books, but for the purposes of the dramatization it was found necessary to make changes in the original story. The work of dramatization has been ! done under the skillful handling of the creator of the character. Kate Douglas Wiggin. who was assisted by Charlotte Thompson. The result has proved to be one of the most ab- sorbing dramas of recent years. It is equally interesting to young and old
 1t appeals to all classes and all creeds
 1t contains reminiscent quality that
 appeals direct to the heart. Edith
 Taliaferro, who gave up her starring
 tour in Polly of the Circus" to take
 the role of "Rebecca," made no mis- take in her choice her success as
 Rebecca was instantaneous and all
 ready she has been acclaimed an
 other Maude Adams. Archie Boyd,
 who appears as the old stage driver.
 Is doing the best work of his career. Other members of the company wor-
 thy of more than passing mention are Marie l.. Day as the aorid old
 maid. Ada Deaves as the village gos-
 sip and Hayward Ginn as MT. Alladin. Edwin Smedley as Abijah Fiagg the
 boy who says that it is better to be
 one, Violet Mersereau, Viola Fortes-
 cue, Sam Colt, Kathryn and Etta
 Bryan and Lorraine Frost The pro-
 duct1on is elaborate.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-13
ONLY SURVIVOR UF
 FORT SUMTER FIGHT
Especial from United Press.)

Especial from United Press.)
 New York, April 13.-Claiming to be the only survivor of the Fort Sum ter fight which opened hostilities of the Civil War, 50 years ago, General Roger Atkinson Pryor, aged 83, dis tinguished soldier, jurist and lawyer. to-day. observed the anniversary by entertaining a number of war veter- ans. It was as the result of Gener- al Pryor's speech from the balcony of the Mills House, in Charleston, Va, in which he declared that his nativ e State, Virginia, would secede as soon as the first blow was struck, that Gen eral Beauregard sent an ultimatum to Major Robert Anderson, command ing Sumter.
 Beauregard selected Pryor one of the commissioners to carry the ulti- matum and when he returned to Fort Johnson, Captain James, command ing there, offered him the privilege of firing the first shot on Sumter, but he refused. Pryor later rose to 8 brig adler generalship in the Confederate army.
 Three days after the firing or Sumter said General Pryor. to-day Lincoln issued the call for troops It was addressed to Virginia as 1t was to all the other states but Virginia could not strike against the south She withdraw and then the south was arrayed against the north.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-13

That is impossible to say.'' MT. Jones answered. There are many things to be considered before we can start. There are legal matters to be settled, right of way to be secured and other things. The question is too broad to be answered now
 Attorney Bishop, for the company, announced that the town of Trumbull had accepted the layout of the new road as planned by the company. This Is the first town north of Bridge port The next town, Monroe, now has the projected layout under con sideration and it is expected that the town will accept the plans in a short time.
 Work on the road, it is said, will be started as soon as the railway com missioners decide the situation ex- isting in the city of Bridgeport, whose aldermen have objected to the lines layout in that city. A decision on this matter is expected to be handed down inside of six weeks.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-13

ais of the public and, worst of all, the efforts are directed toward the prose cution of poor people as @ rule. The writer has not heard fecently of at tempts to restrict the sports of the wealthy residents of New Haven or of Hartford who can go to their subur
 ban clubs and spend Sunday as they please. The tendency of the Sunday laws, like a good many other laws, is toward hedging in the poor devil and permitting the rich one to do what seems right in his own eyes. For this sort of spirit there must be some time or other a day of reckoning which is bound to be unpleasant.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-13
JONES DENIES
 INTEREST IN CONN. COMPANY
Special from United Press.)

New Haven, April 1S-S. W. c. Jones. of the firm of Saunders & Jones. of New York. the new owners of the Danbury & Bethel Street Rail- way and the packers of the projected Rridgeport-Danbury trolley road in town on business yesterday, discussed the traction projects his firm has in view MT. Jones denied that the pro- sects were being pushed in the inter ests of the Connecticut Company.
 "The matter has been denied be- Tore," said MT. Jones. Tor at least I think it has, The Connecticut Com pany has absolutely nothing to do with us The Shore Line Electric Railway Company, the Danbury & Bethel road and the Danbury and Bridgeport Company, all of which we own. are independent of the Connec- ricut Company"
 MT. Jones was asked when the work of constructing the road from Bridge port northward would be completes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-13
HAT COMPANY SUING
 FOR CIOGGED DRAIN

Papers were filed in the civil Su- perior court yesterday in a suit for S5,OOO damages brought by the Dan bury Hat Co.,, of Danbury against Ferdinand Albert of Danbury. On May 1, 1909 the plaintiff claims to nave entered into an agreement with Albert to build tile drain through Alherts premises for the purpose of carrying off waste water. On March 29, 1911 it is alleged that the defen- dant wilful!y and maliciously stopped up the drain, thereby causing great damage to the Danbury Hat Go. The plalnun asks the court to grant a temporary injunction restraining the defendant from interfering with the drain
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-13
MIDDAY LENTEN SERVICES.

To-day will mark the last day of the midday Lenten services held at Trinity Chapel, cor. Broad St., and Fairfield avenue.
 The services have been especially we'll attended this year and in view of this encouragement it is to be hop ed that these services will be a reg ular feature of Bridgeport's religious life.
 The. Rev. E. J. Craft of Christ church of this city was the speaker and his topic ''The Humanity of God" was interesting.
 On Good Friday there will be a three hour Passion Service com mencing at 12 o'clock noon and con- tinuing until o'clock,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-13
800 MILES OF CARPET
Largest and Most Valuable Shipment Ever Made

Carpet enough to lay a width the entire length of the main line of the New York Central from New York to Buffalo, thence to Niagara Falls and across the Niagara River into Canada. is the stupendous shipment that left New York Thursday, April 13, in a special train over half a mile long made up of 60 freight cars, through from New York to San Francisco. It is the product of the Alexander Smith & Sons Carpet Works, Yonkers, N. Y. and is the largest and most valuable single shipment over made in this or any other country The weight of the carpet is 1,500, GOO rbs., and it is valued at about $1 ,O00,0 900.
 To make this carpet required the labor of 5000 workers for eight days. an equivalent of one days work for 64 600 operatives.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-13
FRATERNAL NEWS
APRONS NEW HAIL.


 The Afon Singing Society is plan ming a housewar1ning for it's new quarters at Lyceum hall, in the Lin coin building, which henceforth will be known as Arion hall The new hall is a modern one. commodious, and centrally located. Most of the mem- bers of the singing society have ex- pressed their pleasure at the change. The Arions will use the hall on Tues days and Sundays, subletting it upon other da-7s.
 w. H. CHRISTIANSON HONORED W H. Christianson of this city, one Of the managers of Head Camp K of the Woodmen of the World was re- elected to that important position at the annual election of the camp, at Binghampton, N. r.. yesterday Head Camp K embraces the jurisdiction oi New York, Connecticut and Rhode Is land States, and is therefore one oi the most important administrative bodies in the w. O. W. MT. Chris tianson has long been prominent ir the order, locally and Statewise, and his reelection is gratifying 10 his friends, and to the local members oi the Woodmen of the World
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-13
GOOD FRIDAY SERVICES

Services of worship will be held to- morrow. Good Friday, at 10:30 a. m, in the Peoples church, Laurel and Park avenues. Rev. E.. N. Packard, DID,, will preach.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-13
Fatal Fall from Wagon

After lying unconscious for AS hours. Moses Scheanblum succumbed in the Danbury hospital Thursday. The cause of death was a fracture at the base of the skull, which NIT. Schean- blum received in a fall from a wagon.