New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-12

Slower. and II struck the keynote Of the
square deal" for all that marked those
| that followed. He said in Il:
Please let steps be taken for the I'M
mediate resumption of the running Of the
STAGES on Riverside Drive. from I'D street
10 the viaduct. unless there be a SUM-
Client reason to report TO the contrary.
That fine drive was made BY the city for
all. and not for a few
Thanks TO convicts.
To a Dannemora prisoner who wrote TO
him after he was shot, on August 9. 1910.
he said:
Il thank you exceedingly for your kind
letter and am glad to receive the good
will which you send me OF yourself and
all your COMPANIONS I'm the prison. | am
well aware that many OF you are not real
~ bad men. but unfortunate men. and
that God so sees you. There are many
OF us who would be the same as you are
II w Idu udu Aiif AiNNbiN hAN ~
staces in our lives
Quoting Scripture was frequent by the
Mayor To the Rev Basil NJ Kerbawy.
OF Brooklyn, he said:
Reverend and Dear Sir: Your letter,
informing me that as you walk about the
city visiting the homes Of your parishion-
ers people apply opprobrous names 10
you and throw empty cans and rubbish
at YOU. and otherwise assault you. on &C
count OF your beard, is at hand. You
ask me. is II a crime I'm the city OF New
York TO wear a beard? No. 1t is not.
wear one myself and nobody ever takes
any notice OF IL. How f. il they take
notice OF your beard Have you trimmed
~ I'm some peculiar way. contrary 20 the
Scriptures For you know the Scriptures
say. We shall not round the corners OF
your heads. neither shalt thou mar the
corners OF thy boards
Had Sympathy for Boys.
Rows always found a soft spot in his
heart Witness this.
Dear Boys. II is too bad that you can
not play ball somewhere IN peace. or
course. the police cannot always let YOU
play on the street but now and then they
can wink 30 hard with both eyes a. not to
500 YOU when Won are doing no harm 10
/ passersby and the street is not crowded.
3 II wish we had the grounds for you all
/ 10 play. but. unfortunately. We have not.
So. BOYS. do the best YOU can. and ! VIII
J. helm YOU little now and then II you send
me word
/ Frequently his sense of humor dictated
r.plv 10 a correspondent. as in this in
/ stance:
! Il regret 10 say that I have so many
official duties pressing upon me that |
I cannot Just now devote any time to the
! tom cats. as YOU request by your letter
There are a few in my neighborhood' out
/ I go To sleep and let them howl II
amuses them and doesn't hurt me.
! OF the probity Of some newspapers he
was skeptical:
Your letter Of April lst quoting from a
| certain morning newspaper what IL gives
| as a declaration of mine. that the foreign
ers here have as much right To ask US to
change our flag as We have TO prevent
them from drinking liquor on Sunday
and rebuking me for this utterance. Is ~
! hand. You must be very stupid man, or
! else very vicious. TO believe any sucn
| thing. DO YOU not know that that news
paper makes up such things from day 10
dav. Would IL not be well for YOU
70 give up the ragbag. corrupt newspapers
\ and read decent newspapers?
His "Ratcatcher" Letter.
A letter that won much fame was TO
! Charles " Frey. a professional rat
catcher. lie wrote or March 20 1910.
rYour letter Of March Is is at hand. de-
scribing how your calling OF ratcatcher
is being constantly interrupted by your
being summoned to serve as juror
Sooner than have the city oVerrun
with rats and everything eaten up Dy
them ! would have you relieved Of jury
duty. DO you not think We had better
have a bill introduced In the l'esI'd'uie
TO exempt ratcatchers from jury service
ON being asked to decide newspapers
contest about boiling eggs. he wrote,
First YOU must get the egg lresn
o,g But where are you going to get 1t!
That is the most difficult part oi inc
question. IL issa hard job. Can IN sor'e
one else TO decide that ANU '''''
about cooking IL. I decide that you can
only boil it In boiling water ana "o"
long? Why, that is easy to deciDe-ds
long as YOU like II you want II as haru
az a bullet. boil 1t thirty minutes II you
want II nice and soft as SOFT as 'he
pates Of some people. you can oniy ool'
pa -, .Auo II YOU let the
,,o,or bou. and then throw the egg H. the
shock is too great for the egg
I, refusing an offer OF nomination.
e. covernorship he wrote. on sep
tember %. 1910. 10 James Creel'''aa 10
Although my mind is maze up ~
no, perceive any moral question III -.