New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-03
BOROUGH GOSSIP
Solitary Grandeur of One Brook
Iyn Vote to Cost City $500.


~, forecasts. and there is no doubt Of
s;s authority on the subject when he talks
- his own immediate locality. lie said
The other day
~ am certain that my district will go
o.-.o.ratic, This district is bounded by
,s,b street. Prospect avenue, Eleventh
.ronue and Tarrant Place. have no com
e,a,nt because my district was made for
~ exclusively. for ! will get $50 through
,he mistake this year. They will use my
ho,se on Election Day. Next Tuesday
s,gbt hundred ballots will be sent to my
,onss and there will be a full election
ho,rd on hand 70 receive my vote. l am
-, ,ure when l will vote. l work in the
e,-s.t cleaning Department and start out
~ o'clock in the morning. So l Will
probably not be able to vote before noon
NJ McCovern is a bachelor and lives in
little house twenty feet square and one
story high which was put up by his father
nortable building was erected on his
grounds on primary day.
The parcels post system will be put into
eject in Brooklyn at the first Of the year,
according TO announcement made a few
dsys ago by Postmaster VOORHEES,. Spe-
rial stamps will be required for all parcels
and ordinary stamps will be wasted IL put
m any fourth class matter. When pack
ages with ordinary stamps on them APP
near they will be held and the sender
will be notified. Parcels can only be
mailed at the main postoflce building, in
Washington street, and at the sub-stations
They cannot be mailed through the
medium Of the boxes at the street cor
ners. The packages will not be accepted
for mailing unless the senders write their
names and addresses on them, Nothing
hat is likely to spoil while in the hands
Of the postal employees nor any parcels
likely TO injure the employees or the mall
bags will be accepted. The cost will be
A cent an ounce up TO q quarter OF
pound Heavier packages must be PAID
for at the pound rate. The pound rate
will vary with the distance that must be
covered by the parcel and with its weight
The board Of trustees Of the Brooklyn
Home for Consumptives held its 1872
meeting in the chapel Of the home the
other afternoon. According TO the reports
made the receipts for the year amounted
70 Sc. 3gl. OF which about 5000 remains In
he hands Of the treasurer. OF the sums
collected 5000 was spent on repairs and
$500 on the care of the inmates. The
changes made in the building in the last
year have turned # into practically an
open air structure. The whole treatment
IN the children's department is Of the
open air variety. in the year a teacher
vas furnished for the children by the
Board Of Education. A. A. Raven and
r. w. Hopkins were elected to I'LL the
vacancies made on the advisory board by
the deaths Of John Arbuckle and Henry
Batterman.
Through the police authorities grant
ING three political organizations permits
10 hold meetings on the same night at
the same street corners three-cornered
debate not on the programme drew
large crowd to Bedford avenue and Mon
roe street the other evening. At first a
smsll crowd gathered, drawn by the ar
Nments Of the Progressive party orator
When a spellblnder talking for Wilson
yet up his stand on the opposite corner
the crowd increased, but the two men
talked low enough not to disturb each
others meeting. But when an enthusi-
sstic Socialist arrived later In the even
Ing intent upon spreading his ideas TO
the passing throng. he shouted 50 loud
that his voice soon drowned the speeches
Of the other two orators across the way.
Then all began TO throw out arguments.
which soon became pointed and Of a per
sonal nature. The crowds increased and
90 DID the excitement. Some of the lis
teners began TO heckle the spellbinders'
a number Of Young Mems Christian As
ISOLATION boys joined in the spirit of the
three-cornered talkfest and then SEN
sible "cop" arrived, just in the nick Of
time. Otherwise there might have been
trouble OF a serious nature. AS it was
he had trouble enough.
Rapid progress is being made by the
Monsignor White memorial committee,
which is raising funds for the erection
Of a social settlement house as a me-
moral 10 the late Monsignor William
j. White. rector of the Church of the
Visitation and supervisor of Catholic
charities The committee is non-sec-
tSrisn body representing all creeds. for
N. White had hundreds OF friends out
SIDE Of the Catholic Church who admired
am for his character and for his WORK
IN the cause Of charity
Immediately after the death Of Mon
agnor White, on August -, l9ll,' men oil
al churches Joined in saying that me
mortal Of some sort should be erected
10 him. but the work Of raising funds
ioF q memorial was delayed for some
lime, until II could be decided what form
should take. The dead priests own
words were recalled: The true test of
Greatness IS whether ones word survives
MN and continues after he is no more.
was the social settlement located on
concord street, in poorly equipped rented
rooms, In which Dr. White was most in
crested, and II was decided 10 secure an
appropriate and permanent home for this
ssttlemcnt as the most betting memorial.
st,nce that decision Was reached the WORK
raising funds has gone ahead rapidly.
:, headquarters have been established by
ne committee at No. 81 Hanson Place,
and from there an appeal for assistance
rN been sent 70 thousands who knew
" Whites work and who revered his
memory The response has been gener-
~. but the fund is still FAR from suffi-
lent. Those who have not yet con-
ulDuted are urged 10 do so as promptly
- possible. Checks should be made pay
eole 70 the Monsignor White memorial
toiomittee and sent 10 the Hanson Place
headquarters.
~ X. Cafmcdy, chairman. George j.