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everything OF interest illustrative OF the
growth and life of the metropolis. Be-
sides his New York collection, Mr.. Grim
nuns also mas one of the finest libraries
or the Irish clans and Gaelic people, from
which the Crimmins family was de-
scended
Theodore n. Vail, president of the
American Telegraph and Telephone Com
pany, Is more OF a hobbiest In the genu-
Inc acceptance of the word than a mere
collector. although he has a fine collec-
ton OF pottery. bric-a-brac and rare
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. hobby is farming
ana on his 3,Ooo-acre estate in Vermont.
where ne spends great deal OF his time,
ne devotes his attention to thoroughbred
stock raising and scientific soil culture
me prize OF Mr.. Schnitzer's civil war
collection consists Of about Loo photo
graphs OF the Union and Confederate OFF,
GERS taken by Brady, the war photog-
rapher. and many original drawings OF
war scenes by James E. Taylor the war
artist. for Leslie's Weekly. With these
are many original manuscripts and rec
ords. including Taylor's account of Sher-
idan's Shenandoah campaign, which has
never been fully published. He also has
several swords and guns used during the
war. and among his Indian curiosities is A
large skin qliiver filled with steel barbed
arrows once used by the father OF the in
trep.d chief Sitting Bull Adrian H. Joline
Is the star autograph collector OF the
John Quinn has the bookish hobby. run.
ming particularly toward first editions and
privately printed volumes. He has the
distinction of being a member of the
Society des Cent Biblophiles, one of the
choicest coteries of book lovers in France.
Besides his books. Mr.. Quinn has a fine
lot of manuscripts. including specimens OF
Swinburne. George Meredith, william
Morris, William Watson. John Davidson
John NJ. Synge. the Irish dramatist, and
Lady Gregory, who through her company
OF Irish players. has done so much for the
of the Irish drama.
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CHE Is Daughter of
- Theodore c. Bates and
Mrs. Bates of Worcester-Is
Known on Two Continents
for Her Books and for Her
Exquisite Voice-Mrs. Batch
eller Is a Cosmopolite and
Speaks All the Continental
Tongues-She Enjoys a Close
Friendship With Many of the
Crowned Heads of Europe
Received Her Education I'm
der Private Tutors at Ran
cliffe and Abroad Then
Studied Music for Many Years
Under Marchese.
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late division, whose speciality. when not
laying down the law from the bench. is
collecting Americana Is president; Henry
f. Huntington. who paid $n,"D last
spring for the vellum copy of the Guten-
berg Bible and Darwin p. Kingsley. pres
ident of the New York Life Insurance
Company, are the vice presidents; John g.
Tomlinson jr., is secretary: Wliliam NJ.
SchnitZer is treasurer and Prof. w liam
p Trent of the department of literature:
Columbia University, is editor. No well
regulated club devoted to the perpetuatlon
and enjoyment of hobbies could be with
pectations of comp ling book at the end
OF the year which shall contain all Of the
wise and good things said during the sea-
son at the various meetings.
Prof Trent's special literary hobby is
Daniel Defoe. He has many early edi-
tions of Robinson Crusoe. without read
ing which no child should be permitted to
grow up, besides early copies of Defoe s
other novels and less popular works.
Prof. Trent was the first speaker in the
series Of hobby discussions at the recent
dinner and he talked about Daniel Defoe
SO enthusiastically that several of the
gray-hared members who had forgotten
nearly everything about Crusoe and his
man Friday Immediately hunted up their
childhood copies for a quiet evening Of
interesting reading.
How was the club started? some one
may ask. This question. put TO half
dozen of the members. was invariably
met with the reply, ASK Mr.. Schnitzer."
BY common consent Mr. Schnitzer
despite the fact that he is one of the
youngest hobby enthusiasts. is called the
father OF this novel organization Like
many collectors. he Is q Wall street
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terminate the herd and a new lease was
sought. So serious had become the de-
cline of the seal herd that tie govern
ment's income from this lease WAS hut
S3.15e. 400, a little more than half the
revenue from the previous twenty years
The successful competitor for the second
lease was the North American CONNER
cal Company of San Francisco. This con-
tract expired May ]. 1910. and opened the
way to an altogether new kind of ar
rangement with respect TO the seal indus
try. The time had come when the seals
must either be saved or the industry
abandoned to the pelagic sealer,
The United States would do well, her
fur-seal authorities said, TO keep her
hands free and unburdened by any con-
tract which could hamper diplomatic ne
gotiations So the lease was discontin-
ued, and the government agents on the
islands. formerly inspectors of the lessee's
operations, became the actfv, executants
of the governments new business enter
prise. The agents. two at a time, spend
alternate years upon the islands Of st.
Paul and st. George, returning from their
is also since 1910 a resident naturalist
whose duties are to observe and report
minutely upon the condition of the herd
and the biological factors which are the
fundamental consideration in all questions
of policy affecting the seal industry. Now
pelagic sealing has been prohibited by the
International agreement so long sought in
vain. The policy OF restricted land killing
has remained unchanged.
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/ wanted" said the worthy oishop: iUlio =;
and not FORMS" and when he died 1t is
said that the floor of his hall had Deen
literally strewn with manuscripts,
lanes I,enox. the founder of the Lenox
library. whose magnificent collections are
now a part of the New York PUBIC LIZ
brary. expressed much the same IDEA 10
his agent Henry Stevens IN ls,onoon,
when in a discussion on the appFTenay
high prices Of rare Americana Mr.. .Lenox
said that he could find the banKnotes
much easier than he could the books.
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The most princely collector in the
Hobby Club is undoubtedly Henry T.
Huntington. Next to Mr.. Morgan he prop
ably has the finest collection OF rare books
in America. 1t includes not only the fifty
thousand dollar Gutenberg Bible. but the
MAGNIFICENT library Of the late Z. Dwight
Church of Brooklyn, purchased intact by
Mr.. Huntington last spring at price
said to be about $1,25O,OOO. Next to the
Morgan and possibly the j. Carter Brown
collections. the Church library was recog-
nized as the finest and most valuable
collection of Americana in the United
States. 1t includes the unique volume OF
the first laws of Massachusetts Bay,
printed in 164s. and discovered in Europe
a few years ago. II is said that Mr..
Church refused $4,000 for the book from
the state of Massachusetts. In addition.
it includes six of the seventeen known
editions of the Columbus first letter, the
rare Bay Psalm Book this volume having
been the Bishop Hurst copy; the Eliot
Bible of 1858: the original manuscript of
Franklms Autobiography, formerly own
ed BY the late John Bigelow; a first
edition Of Walton's ''Compleat Angler;
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Uncle Sans Long Fight Protect the Seals Now Nearing Its End

lining and finishing of the garment with
profits for each and every handler. easily
bring the price of the coat to $500 or
$500.
Obviously however, the 1905 sealskins
of this season are very small number
the lowest. In fact. I'm the history or
American sealing. which once saw a
regular output of 100000 skins year
But this is not, fortunately, SO alarming
as ii looks 1t marks the end OF de-
cline not a stage of it. And behind IL
lies a fact of interesting significance In
these days of new public policies
This seasons catch is small because
truly enough. the herd is smaller than
ever before in American times. But the
figure represents also careful selection
for economical killing-the scientific man
agement and utilization of the diminished
resource upon q plan Whlcn VIII aiu "
recuperation. And such q pan IS lussi
BILE because the government has assumed
direct control Of the seal industry ana
made of il literally public monopoiy.
The recuperation is expected to result
from the International agreement on the
mart of Great Britain Russia, Japan and
the United States whereby the killing
of seals at sea is prohibited to all citi-
Zens of these four countries.
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This plague. the pelagic sealer. has
wrought devastation to all the seal herds
of the world. Fortunately. however, the
very fact which made pelagic sealing so
vicious will insure rapid multiplication of
the seals in its absence. and what is now
but a modest revenue to the government
can become in few years a matter OF
millions
The pelagic sealer-the foreign foe
disposed of the nations concern is with
her own stewardship, and over this there
has been much argument. Naturalists.
jurists, diplomats. congressman and
executive officers of the governmental
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distinguished parliamentarians and men OF
letters.
Thousa nts of collectors have re-echnec
this sentiment but until recently no serious
effort has been made to get III New York
a number OF lobbyists together into So
ciaI friendly club. The Hobby Club OF New
York. which was recently Incorporated
ard held IFS FIRST dinner a week ago at the
METROPOLITAN Club, is, therefore. some
Hing unique Ii partakes, 10 be sure OF
the features which gave birth TO such
well known bookish clubs as the Grolier
~ Nfw York. the Philobihlon OF Philadei-
phia. the Bipliophile Society OF Boston
the cub Of old Volumes. the Defebs OF
Chicago and many others limited IN mem
be - and definitely specialized in aims.
The Hobby club rests upon broader
foundation IL cognizeS. to be true, the
benefits Of restricting its membership TO
limited number OF cheerful, wholesouied
fellows both old and young, who nave "a
Keen interest in making collections OF one
kind OF another and who are not so OBJ
seSsed by the superiority of their particu-
lar hobby a. 10 look askance, il sot scorn-
fully. on the idiosynerasies OF others.
The Hobby Club, which Il the latest ad-
dtion 10 the club life of the metropolis
will. for the present, be limited to nifty
members Its membership now is twenty
five. including many OF the best known
collectors of literary and historical ma
terial, rare Americana, NapOleona, old
:. New York views, autographs, paintings.
ancient arnor. old furniture and other
curious things.
Justice Victor J. bowling of the appel
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siye privileges on the islands aud re-
stricted the catch OF seals.
Although the Alaska purchase was con-
summated in 1867, il was three years he
fore the government was ready To under
take definite administration on the Prib!-
lof Islands. Then. in 1870. after obtain
ing bids. the Secretary OF the TreasuiN
leased the privilege OF killing seals and
selling skins for twenty Years 10 the high.
est bidder. which proved 10 be the Alaska
Commercial Company of San Francis
The number Of seals to be killed was linn
tied to 1U,.U1. and these must all H..
males. This lease paid SG,We.on into the
public treasury.
BY the end OF this twenty-year period.
however. the evil which had grown IN
during tho eighties was threatening 10 ex-
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and discomfort. Then he has ushered his
country into modern history and has
placed it firmly on a basis of modern
prosperity, progression and achievement.
His people adore him and they have rea-
son. 1 cannot express how the kindly.
gentle emperor impressed me. his sim
pliclty. directness and cordially. He lives
quietly and with almost monastic SIM
plicity and rarely does he give audience
at Schoenbrunn. his retreat from the
world and its cares. All social functions
transpire at the fine old palace of the
Hapsburg in the heart of Vienna. but at
its vanities. Yet he received me there
and conversed with me over half hour.
1t was an unprecedented honor, which
appreciated most sincerely"
Mrs. Batcheller enjoys close friend
ship with Queen Margherita, the queen
mother of Victor Emmanuel of italy, and
one OF her cherished treasures is a pen
dant which she always wears about her
neck attached to string Of exquisite
pearls. This is gold medal bearing the
royal arms Of the house of Savoy, the
eagle with outstretched wings in which
rest the white cross Of Savoy. In addi-
ton to the arms there is in Mrs. Batch
eller's pendant an M done in diamonds
placed just behind the white cross. IA
vorite device of the queen for one whom
she wishes to honor most especially. An
other queen mother with whom Mrs.
Batcheller Is on terms of intimacy Is
Maria Christina. mother of Alfonso of
Spain.
after Italy, said Mrs. BatchelIer,
Spain Is the least understood country
by my country people, that is New Spain.
which has awakened to present oppor-
tunities and is making the country
among the prosperous and progressive in
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and women of my race in our own stir
ring times. l must confess to a weakness
for such men and women as our grand
parents were, especially our grand
mothers. The more see of the modern
ways the more the gentle homely traits
of my grandmother appeal-her softness
of speech. her affectionate interest in the
small details of the home, her love of the
purely feminine and. above all. her deep
sense of reverence for that which should
command respect / should not like to hint
even SO slightly that my sisterhOOd OF
American women need any sort of inn
suggest that the sense of reverence
which was so conspicuous in our grand
mothers be cultivated a little more as
siduously now. l admire the force and
wonderful qualities of the American
woman of today. and / rejoice in what
she has done and all l mean is that she
would realize the ideal OF the psalmiSt If
she would add to all she is today some
mother.
Italy is the delight of the tourist and
few travelled Americans do not know all
about it, its palaces. castles, wonderful
mountains and lakes, it's art treasures and
thousand links with the great men of
past eras and in modern times. But it was
guide book knowledge. Even books of
more or less definite purpose. such as
describing cathedrals. villas castles,
were mere pictures Of architectural ex-
cellence or descriptions of the perfection
of the landscape gardener or the more
pretentious artist The modern Italians,
with their graces and accomplishments,
their generous impulses and almost ORR
entail hospitality. and. best Of all. their
reyerent love of beauty, religion, art and
the virtues, which have appealed to man.
kind since the beginning of the moral
law. 1t is quite the fashion in some
quarters to look upon the Latins as the
dying races. ! have never seen people
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pup is born. and she, with this second
life to sustain, cannot go without food as
does the bull. So she goes to sea, from
hundred to two hundred miles, regular
~ and at frequent intervals. all through
the summer As the sexes of the seals
cannot be distinguished when they are
swimming at sea. the result. even in
spring. when boats pursue the herd on its
way to the breeding grounds. is the
slaughter OF females and males alike.
In the summer the pelagic sealers take
chiefly females. for the mothers must
make their regular feeding trips. which
the males do not need to do. Every fe-
male taken then means three seal lives i'm
one-the pup on shore. which starves to
death, the mother and another unborn
pup 1t means. besides. of course, the
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without modern ventilation, heating or
comfort in the broadcast Interpretation Of
the term. Nothing Is further from the
reality and l took vast pride in seeing our
into the homes Of kings and mobiles whose
ancestral castles often claim five and six
hundred years of existence
Mrs. Batcheller is on terms of cordial
familiarity with half the crowned heads
of Europe and has a charming acquaint-
ance with all. She occupies an unique
position in this regard.
This highly favored daughter of the
states comes of a distinguished New
England family and all her efforts in the
musical and as well as literary and artis-
tic field are for pure love of congenial
occupation and for an unconquerable de-
votion to the beautiful and the true.
Mrs. Batcheler is the only child of
Theodore C. Bates of Worcester and
North Brookfield. Mass. She received an
exceptional education and studied with
private tutors at Radcliffe College and
abroad. Mrs. Theodore Bates, her
mother who was a Duncan, descended
from the Duncans of Aberdeen, is known
throughout her state for her successful
work in many fields, especially among
the philanthropic and patriotic societies.
From both sides of her family Mrs.
Batcheller can claim heroic ancestors.
The first of her fathers kinsmen. Glenn
ent Bates. landed in Massachusetts in
1855. He was lineal descendant of
Sir Thomas Bates of Lydd in Kent. and
the family became as eminent in the new
world as they had been in the old. The
magnificent country seat of Mr. Bates In
the Berkshires is called Aberdeen Hill, to
honor the native land of his wife's clan.
the Duncans famed in song and story in
the wars between the highlanders and the
lowland people.
Mrs. Batcheller from her infancy has
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be surrounded and driven like a flock of
sheep. This is especially fortunate. be-
cause the breeding seals are easily dis
turbed. So important is it to avoid
alarm and confusion that the law pro:
hibits the use of firearms in the killing.
and every effort is made to avoid in
trusion on the rookeries. The selected
lots or pods OF bachelors are driven
away quietly to the grassy flats. the
KILN. fields. Here the two and three
year olds with desirable pelts are
knocked down with clubs and those
seals that are under or over age. or in
any way unsuitable. are rejected and
driven away.
The skull of the seal is very thin. and
clubbing is really a most merciful method
of killing. If ii does not actually kill
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been passionately devoted to music ana
as soon as she had completed ner euu-
cation she placed herself under the oirec-
ton of Nine Marchese and for years sne
worked with fiery zeal and ambition. She
received the commentator or critics OF
the two continents and has sung with
great artists and under renowned mas
ters at charity concerts and before nearly
every court in Europe. Had she desired
TO become q professional there seems lit
tie doubt but that she would have taken
her place among the great dlVas But
when she was less than twenty she mar
red Francis Batcheller Of Boston, neph-
ew of Francis Walker founder of the
Boston Institute Of Technology. and with
that step renowned whatever ambition
she may have cherished for professional
career Her beautiful voice, combined
with a rare and fascinating personality,
has given Mrs Batcheller the entree into
the most exclusive royal circles or the
world She has. however, in every case
approached royalty through the recog-
nized proper channel the American am
bassador or minister at the court where
she was presented. Loving song and
beautiful things with the intensity Of the
artistic temperament, Mrs. Batcheller
found Italy a home of perpetual joy. but
she has not confined her foreign sojourn
to Italy.
Il find" she said, 1.-The emperors. kings,
queens and the great and exalted very
much like other people when you touch
their daily lives, only more simple and
consderate. OF those whom l have met
l think the emperor Of Austria Hungary
Franz Josef, one Of the most wonderful
Not only his venerable age and long reign
which would set him apart as figure OF
enduring interest but his personality
which has held together the heteroge-
neous elements of his vast empire ana
made into harmonious gseful Whoie
what was a seething mass Of grievance
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the Fur

DROTECTING the Fur
l Seals of the North Pacific
Ocean-Four Countries Join
in Treaty-The Sealskins of
a Season-At One Time the
Output Was 100000 Skins
a Year-This Years Haul
Numbered Only a Few Over
Twelve Thousand-Lowest in
History of American Sealing
The Pelagic Sealer-Nat-
uralists, Jurists, Diplomats
and Congressman Have Taken
Interest in the Sealing Ques-
tons.
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ton last July for the purpose OF project
Ing the fur seals of the north Pacifc
ocean Our government had already TAX
en- similar action, and then, before Con-
gress adjourned for the holiday recess.
there were introduced in the respective
houses by Senator Root and Representa-
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RS. + r \ y & / S
BATCiIELLER, or
Tryphosa Bates
Batcheller, as she
is known in the
musical, artistic
and literary world.
has been a recent
visitor to Washing
ton and one of the
most charming in
the long list of not
abIes who have
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broker but he says that is not the rea-
son why he Is collector He is a
graduate of Columbia and, though under
forty years of age. was infected with the
bacillus which makes lobbyists of men
at a period so early as to make him to-
day regular veteran in hobby riding.
Civil war material, Indian relics and arge
paper editions of American and English
authors are his specialti J.
Il don't want to assume too much
credit for bringing the Hobby Club into
life." said Mr.. SchnitZer. 1T was the
outcome like many things. of informal
things in which we take the greatest
amusement There have been many book
clubs of one kind and another in the past,
but no club organized on the broad
principles to include men of all varieties
of hobbies. After while the question
suggested itself, why not get up such a
club? dozen or more offered to join at
once, and then We began to wonder why
the idea hadn't been thought of before
So the Hobby Club was organized, and
you would be surprised at the many APP
plications we have received asking for the
privilege of membership. 1t shows what
a popular and growing pastin.e the hobby
is. and we are learning more about people
with interesting hobbies all the time
X
Let 1t be understood. in the first
place." added Mr.. Schnitzer that a man
with a hobby need not necessarily be a
collector. Collections of some sort gen.
orally follow; but man may have a
hobby for farming, for raising fancy ap-
pies, dollhouse violets, orchids or big
pumpkins. His hobby may turn to golf,
as is the case with hundreds of business
men. or his recreation may be yachting,
motoring, riding behind fast trotters, as
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KILLING SEALS.

or five dollars a pelt, because it was lit
tie admired. Now. however, compute the
$34 for the raw skin, $3.50 for dressing
and dyeing it, and then the duty, making
$45 for a skin. 1t takes usually eight
such skins to make a long coat of the
recent fashion. and the dealer therefore
must pay $500 for the fur alone. The
piecing of the skins, shaping, fitting,
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lIREE weeks ago
December Is, 1911.
TO be exact-the
governments of
Great Britain, ia
pan and Russia
announced their
ratification OF the
convention conclud-
ed by their pleni-
potentiaries and
those of the United
States in Washing
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tive Sulzer bills of mutually similar text
designed to give effect TO this treaty.
Last Wednesday, January 3. Mr. Sui
gers bill came up for consideration in
the foreign affairs committee of the
House. of which Mr.. Sulzer is chairman.
1t is a bill which in general nature is
pledged by the treaty-namely, designa-
tion of the authority Gin this case the