New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-12
BOROUGH GOSSIP
IIninyited Guest Feeds Well at
Dinner for DepeW.

an LllllNlltA SAfSN a. AliE NaA4
bl15 few nights ago by the Montauk
c,'n IN celebration of the seventy-eighth
-,rorsarv of the birth Of ex-senator
"a-,,rcsv N Depew Early in the dinner
V'.rov.lsd out from under a radiator and
rs,or running about the rear dining room
~ eours. Needless to say, he created
as;dsrahle amusement. Some Of the
.as,s even became excited and stood up
:. order 20 point him out to the others.
y-,b solemn face and unperturbed m!en,
=, scrrrieG about among the tables, stop
= NOW and then 10 pick up a crumb or
ssot away from the careless feet OF the
-.,iters He did not dodge out OF sight
III tho chairman of the committee in
srorgs came around. when he beat a hasty
rs,reat The chairman just caught d
glimpse OF nm.
"Wel." he arked, they say a cat
..n look at q king; then why not a mouse
AZ Chauncey NJ. Depew?'
Tho chestnut tree scoUTCe has worked its
,.u IN Forest Park. and men are busy at
crescent cutting down more than seventeen
,bousand OF the trees. There was talk a
few DAYS ago Of setting up a small saw
mill In the park to cut up the timber. The
chestnut trees Of Brooklyn went a year or
more ago and LETT the parks badly of in
some instances. Since then the vacant
,Iaces have been flled TO some degree by
new trees OF species not subject TO the
scourse.
The specialists os the Park Department
have been az work for {, few days patching
IN the large Norway maple which was
nIsnted in the chu-chyard Of S. Johns
protestant Episcopal Church, at Fort Ham
nton. in the early 4Os by Robert +. Lee.
In the high wind Of a few weeks ago one
Of the crotches OF the tree was split open.
Water settled in the opening and caused
the heart OF the tree TO begin to decay.
The hole Will be- filed with cement after the
decay!rg part is removed and iron bands
will be placed about the branches 10 pre-
vent the split from becoming larger. The
rector. the Rev William Swami. spoke Of
the condition az the tree a few days ago
while addressing q gathering Of the Daugh-
teYs Of the Confederscy at the Waldorf.
and the organization appealed TO the Park
Department 70 try 70 save the tree because
81 is historical interest. The Southern
women intend % place a tablet at the foot
OF the tree telling OF its past. When he
r'anteC TIC tree Lee was a captain and
was stationed at Fort Hamilton. He was
a vestryman Of the church at the time, as
vel
Wild excitement prevailed in the cor
ridors q the County Court House the
other morning when pistol shot rang ont
while Justice Narear was being escorted 70
the bench. For moment every one
thought that a foul crime had been COM
rlf'ted. After tire crowd ceased ducking
and began TO look for causes IL discovered
thar Cha shot rad been fred by the five
ysar-c!d son OF Court Clerk George Nc
Henry. ~ young George uses only caps In
tre weapon 10 one was injured.
ono year has now passed since the close
O. the ten-day campaign Of the Young
1rorran's Christian Association, and so far
{,z, 70, Of the SiJ2'C subscribed for its new
boarding house has been collected. The
subscribers were 20 have a year and half
in which 70 pay up. At the same time that
The boarding house fund was subscribed
funds were also collected for the new East
en District Lrench Of the organization.
Tie sum OF SOL. $50 was subscribed, and OF
the amount $500 has been collected so
far. In a few days the ground for the new
building will be broken at Schermerhorn
and State streets. AS the old boarding
house. which has at present forty-three
patrons, occupies the site of the proposed
edIfce. the girls have been Informed tha'
they must find other boarding places.
house has been rented in Lafayette ave
nue. 10 accommodate eighteen or the girls
until the Few building is UP.