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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-16

East has come TO New York instead OF
London. Nan nouten no mexuten' would
not be particularly lucid TO most OF us.
but the man at my elbow at once rec
ognized II as Ven Houton, y. NJ. And
had my head been covered I would have
taken OF my hat to him for diagnosing
"Guasterllno piede strette" at glance as
Pierce street. Westerly, r. /.
oh, but that's nothing, you know. or
course, soften hui" is the methodcal
Muscovlte version OF South Amboy, y. j..
and Leopack the correct Italian for Co
pake, y. Y.
There is deal OF unnecessary pother
caused by three villages I'm the British
Isles, Virginia and the two English New
Yorks Here was a letter mailed in Lon
don 10 "A man at Virginia. II emigrated
10 America. II should have gone TO Ire
land. Most OF the wretched inhabitants or
New York Lincolnshire, and New York,
near Newcastle, get their London mail via
Manhattan. One OF these days they Will
wake up and get themselves rechristened.
The next trio OF letters was child's
scrubbed note on Plaza stationery. an
envelope addressed 10 Mr.. Manufacturer
Of Electric Fittings, New York. and let
ter mailed from Russia to Govan street.
Glasgow. Yet none Of the stan of the
Missing Letter Department have to pass
their vacations in sanatoria.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-16

letters. | suppose" said the wise man.
though there may be some from anxious
mothers i'm Slovenia and Poland, asking
Mr. Carnegie TO keep a watch over their
boy Jan, who f. working in his Pittsburgh
steel plant, as Jan is liable TO burn his
fingers on weekdays and get lit up alto
gether on Sunday"
1--WE get lots of these, too" He tossed
me a sealed, unstamped envelope on Hotel
Astor stationery. A vague scrawl,
single lire of II, meandered diagonally
from the left upper TO the right bottom
corner Kids playing grown-up; iml-
tating mamma while she is writing a note,
and slipping their letter into the mailboN
when they're really and truly sure no
ones peeking."
on they sorted and deciphered.
Mrs. Sarah Buchon, q Grove street
Long Island Gin the rear). Mrs. Bortola
Asnoli, No 50 Long Island. Mrs. Man
ming. 10th street, New Jersey. Mr.. G.
Mason, 1929, Philadelphia. Then another
find. Mr.. Ruben Brason (better known
as Black HANK, Georges Island, n. Y.
And there was letter 10 Mr.. Fair
BARNS Deceased. No, YOU are wrong,
The address was not IIoboken, but Bos-
ton. Milwoku g the Greeks way OF writ
ing Milwaukee and la Lusian the Russian
version Of Louisiana. A postal card
mailed in Russia, written In Yiddish, and
addressed to a man at Commercial ROAD
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-16
PREVENTABLE DISEASE.

This excess OF deaths exhibited only a
part OF the evil II was "ascertained that
there are twenty-five cases of illness on
the average which incapactates for la
Dor to one death, so that there are at
tendant on these deaths more than 2Oo.OV
cases OF sickness annually, and more
than five hundred persons are daily Ian
gushing on beds of sickness from pre-
yentable causes" This was in city
whose population was approximately So'-
900.
Gradually one task after another was
accomplished. In 1865 regulations for the
elimination of cholera epidemics were Sc
cured. The following year ten Thousand
disabled soldiers and sailors In the civil
War were placed In homes. Three years
later improvements were projected IN the
city markets, wharves and piers. In 1873
co-operation with the Board OF HeaIth
in the inspection of tenement houses was
secured. Then followed In rapid success
sion the Sea Breeze Home at Coney ISL
and. the opening of vacation schools, the
organization of the City and Suburban
Homes Company. the establishment oil the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-16

that the addressee lived in New York
Another typical misdrection was to
number in East 105th street; the number
was right, but the street should have
been First avenue, near l05th street l
don't know why, but the wise men found
it simple. A number in Scanned street.
Amerika, was the address Of man to
whom a London friend wrote, but the
addressee in this city got It.
Then came mysterious envelope COW
cred with hieroglyphics. 1t was square,
so you could try reading 81 upside down
or inside out but YOU wouldn't have been
much wiser Tamil or bad Arabic,
commented the expert. Good Arabic IS
bad enough, but bad Arabic is rotten.
There don't seem to be any japanese In
this morning. Some of 'em are beauti-
fully wr!tten-lOok like copper plate etch-
ings. All. here's an interesting pair" he
picked out a couple Of envelopes. They
we're addressed in Arabic 70 Grosvenor-
dale, Conn, and Biddeford, Me, mailed
I'm Greece and passed chargeless through
the mails after having been censored,
stamped Correspondence des prisonnlers
de guerre"-letters from Turks taken
prisoners of war in the Balkan struggle
and now being detained by Greece.
Followed a letter from Russian VII
lage. addressed to Mr.. Carnegie. There
are illegible letters for Messrs. Carnegie
and Rockefeller from Southeastern Eu-
rope almost every day. mostly begging
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-16

One expert specializes in letters ad-
dressed 10 the right pew, but the wrong
church. lie knows thousands Of the chief
business thoroughfares Of our big cities
and rapidly pigeonholes all the Philadel-
phla mail addressed 10 Arch street, New
York: the Chicago mail addressed TO
South Dearborn street, New York; the
Washington mail addressed TO x street
New York: the Buffalo mail addressed
10 Ellicott Square, New York, and so on.
Righting the careless errors OF stenogra-
piers and clerks keeps him busy all the
time. A number OF the errors arise
though your stenographer's habit Of auto
matically tipping "city" at the tail OF
every envelope she has to address, ire
spective OF whether the city is New York
or San Francisco.
Fortunately, we are no longer bothered
with fool addresses in cipher and sketches
and that kind OF thing" the chief of the
eyperts told me- There was wave or
those time MASTERS some years ago, most
OF the envelopes being addressed to
magazine that paid for the reproduction
OF puzzle letters that reached H. ! never
vet had a cipher that got by me, though.
There are all sorts Of roads TO their So
luton Every address begins with "A Mr.,
Mrs. or Miss, .. or 4 letter word.
That translates the VI r S and ] OF the
cipher. Road is four letters, street Is six
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-16

his task. 4 notable feature Of the build
ing. however. was the fact that each bed
room was connected with a ventilating
fue running to the roof
1t was noted with pride that there was
Croton water in the building and that the
halls were Illuminated with gas. on the
top floor were large rooms. adapted TO
the social uses Of the occupants.
In 1866 and 1857 there were Investigations
into defective dwellings, the sewerage
problem and filthy streets and social
and moral census" of sections OF the city
was taken. Some appalling statistics
were secured, showing the poor chances
of growing up In New York City. II was
developed that the ratio OF deaths TO pop
ulation In half a century had nearly
doubled. In 1910 the annual death rate
had been one I'm forty-six persons, in it.
self a bad enough condition. But in 1891
one in twenty persons passed over
the silent river each year. In some of the
most unsanitary wards OF the city the
death rate was one in sixteen. In no
other city I'm the Christian world was the
rate SO high. IL was found also that
between the years 1S43 and 1889 the aver
age age at death was fifteen years. In
other words, more died than lived to taste
the experiences Of that happy period OF
life known as the teens. TO realize that
the conditions are such in ones home
community that une-half OF those who are
born will not pass their fifth birthday Is
terrifying. That was the condition In New
York I'm the ffties. II was not paralleled
in any other city open to the same Chris
tan influences
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-16
Continued from fourth page.

probability is that II it is his first visit
to South America he will accept an invi-
tation to the bullfght-that is, If he is in
Lima The institution still survives here.
The Spanish blood OF Peru is largely An
dalusian, and the bullfght is of Anda-
lusian origin. The American most likely
will Justify any conscientious scruples
he may have by saying that IL is one OF
the customs OF the country. and he wants
TO see the customs OF the country, wheth-
err IL be in Spain or in Peru. If he goes
back second time. as has been known
to happen. he will have to find some other
excuse-possibly that he wants TO get in
touch with the people.
While the bullhght in Lima is well
patronized by all classes OF society, there
Is an influential element which frowns
on it. A prominent Peruvian told me one
day that two things would do what he
and some OF his friends had been unable
to accomplish in the way of discouraging
the bullfights. One was the Panama
Canal. which, he declared. would destroy
some OF what he called the medieval ten
denotes OF Peru. The other was the
horseraces. The races have become a
very popular sport and may prove ulti-
mately serious competition to the bull
fight.
Whether the bullhght disappears soon
or not, the custom seems to have less
popularity than In years past. Other
Peruvian customs are changing visibly.
without seeming to impair the delight
full Peruvian home life. One of these
custSms might furnish the theme for an
essay on political economy.
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Continued from second page.

aistic During the Presidency all of u.s.
Du' especially the children, became
e''se friends with many of the sailor
hen
mere are various bronzes in the house:
0~ht-Gaudens's Puritan" a token from
ny stan officers when / was Governor;
motors cougar, the gift Of the Tennis
Oaoinet-who also gave us a beautiful Sill
'e' eowl, which is always lovingly pro-
aOuheed 10 rhyme with "owl" because
NAT was the pronunciation used at the
""e OF the giving by the valued friend
N' acted AS spokesman for Ills fellow
"emoers, and who was himself the only
'n-American member OF the said Cab
A'"' There is a horseman by. Macmon-
IS and big bronze vase by Kemys. an
Sptation or development OF the pottery
'es Of the Southwestern Indians
LED with all OF these are gifts from
neo sources, ranging from a brazen
yuma sent me by the Dalai Lama and
!, wonderful psalter from the Emperor
"elk TO priceless ancient Samurai
"'o coming from Japan in reinem-
vance Of the peace of Portsmouth. and
BEAUTIFULLY inlaid miniature suit Of Jap
Te armor given me by favorite hero
: nine Admiral Togo. when ne visited
rsamore Hill There are things from
s'opean friends; a mosaic picture OF
.ope Leo XIII I'm his garden; a huge,
handsome edition of the Nibelungon-
'' striking miniature OF John Hamp-
Ia q
""e, and the campaigns of "Eugenio
savoy" another OF my heroes, a
sSeo hero this time); Viking cup; the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-16
FORMER CONDITIONS.

Notwithstanding the height to which
tenement houses are now built 1t would
be difficult TO find similar areas in the
citv on which so many persons are dwell
ing. Gas and Croton water. only recent
" introduced, were not for. the poor
There were no indoor toilets. IL was
about this time that the A. l. c. +. cast
about for funds for the erection OF
model "workngman' home
Tho funds. amounting to $4,000, were
raised. and In 1853 what was then con-
sidered a model tenement house was
orected between Elizabeth and Mott
streets II would not be counted as such
NOW A tenement house reformer to-day
would laugh If he did not weep at some
of its details. For instance. there WAS
not a bedroom in it which opened d.
rectly out upon a court or street COM
paratively little daylight could penetrate
IN the sIeeping rooms. Each apartment
IN the six story building contained three
rooms, consisting of living room' with
windows opening upon passaseway
running in front OF the building through
the middle of the block from street 10
street. and two bedrooms behind II, eX-
tending TO a longitudinal hall. The CEN
trail section OF this hall was lighted by
means of windows opening upon what
was described as an open area al
though in the floor plan, which has been
preserved, II looks more Ike a long and
comparatively narrow light well.
The bedrooms fronting on this hail. II
they CHANGED TO be opposite the windows
in the Illuminated part of the hall, were
able 10 secure twice strained ray OF
daylight Otherwise. the laborlng man
was obliged TO rely upon his wife In lieu
of any alarm clock to warn him that II
WAS time for him TO arise and so forth TO
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-16

filth and degradation which are scarcely
surpassed by any other. Rotten Row,
as fl is appropriately termed. IN Laurens
street. is one Of these. II consists OF
eight houses on either side of the street
fronting each other, with as many more
in the rear, containing I'm all about TWO
hundred and fifty families and no fewer
than 1850 persons. I'm a space OF about
$50 feet by perhaps a depth OF 30 feet
on each side. The pestiferous stencil ana
filth of these pent-up tenements exceed
description In one room says visi-
tor. six persons are living, with hens
scratching on the bed. Every corner OF
these buildings is occupied-cellars and
earrets. All the lower rooms and base
ments pay 81 80 month rent III the
statements are correct, the rent OF each
house is about $3.50 per annum. which
would give for this miserable block OF
buildings, front and rear. an annual re-
turn to the owner OF $3.50.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-16
FUTURE OF FLYING
Continued from third page.

business, done by two or three properly
equipped companies, and built machines,
or had them built by some OF the anna
tours and near-amateur factories. but re-
suits were in most cases nothing. owing
TO lack OF knowledge In getting contracts,
bad management. taking poor contracts
and accidents due to inexperienced
aviators.
In the mean while the several large
concerns have gone quietly along build
ing machines for the government, some
of them doing exhibition work, and &C.
casionally selling machine to indie
pendent avators for exhibition work, and
once in a great while to sportsman.
Curtiss started building water aeroplanes
and developed these into the flying boat
as II is known to-day. Others followed,
and the flying boat has been looked 10
for aid in the restimulating Of interest.
Results have been attained. Men who
never considered flying as sport have
become enthusiastic devotees OF over
water flying and have bought flying boats.
There Is even less flying sport in
Europe than here" said Mr.. Wright.
There most of the flying is military
Few machines are sold for purposes OF
pleasure"
Should the United States Circuit Court
of Appeals now considering the briefs IN
the Wright-C suit decide in favor of
the Wright company, the plaintiff. Cur
tiss, may ask the United States Supreme
Court for a writ of certiorari which would
bring the case for review before the Su-
preme Court.
Again, the Wright company may, go
ahead and collect its damages from the
defunct Herring-Curtiss Company, co-de-
PENDANT with Curtiss personally. should
Curtiss not take the case to the United
States Supreme Court and on new suit
which would be brought by the plaintiff
against the present Curtiss Aeroplane
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-16
ROOSEVELT TALKS OF BIRDS

state sword of a Uganda king; the gold
box I'm which the freedom of the city
of London" was given me; beautiful
head Of Abraham Lincoln given me by
the French authorities after my speech
al the Sorbonne. and many other things
from sources as diverse as the Sultan or
Turkey and the Dowager Empress OF
China Then there are things from nome
friends. a polar bear skin from Peary;
Sioux buffalo robe with on ii, painted ny
some lonR-deGd Sioux artist, the picture
story Of Clusters fight; bronco portrait
plaque Of joel Chandler Harris; the can
dlestick used in scaling the treaty VI
Portsmouth, sent me by Captain cam
eron Winslow; a shoe worn by Dan Patch
when he paced mile in 1:59 sent me
by his owner. There Is a picture or
brIl moose by Carl Rungius, which seems
10 me as spirited an animal painting as
| have ever seen. In the north room'
with it's tables and mantelpiece and desks
and chests made of woods sent from the
Philippines by army friends or by other
friends for other reasons, with its bison
and wapit heads, there are three paint
ings by Marcus Symonds-"Where Light
and Shadow Meet" THE Porcelain Tow
ers," ana THE Seats of the Mighty !;
he is dead now. and he had scant recog-
milton while he lived, yet surely he was
n great imaginative artist, wonderful
colorst. and man with n vision more
wonderful still. There is one of Lun-
gren's pictures OF the Western plains;
and picture of the Grand Canyon; and
one by a Scandinavian artist VINO could
see the fierce picturesqueness Of worka-
day Pittsburgh and sketches OF the
white House by Sargent and by Hopiin-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-16
A1CP-ST GEORGE TO POVERTY'S DRAGON-S 70 YEARS OLD

Company for damages, new evidence could
be brought I'm the new suit which might
reverse the verdict for which all are walt
ing.
In Germany the Wright patent has been
upheld by the highest court when 1t was
assailed by alleged infringers. In France
the patent has practically been upheld in
two decisions. but each time commits
sion has been appointed to attempt to
discover something in the prior art which
may avoid the payment Of royalty.
No legal actions have as yet been taken
against infringing companies in Germany
on the basis of the court decision. In
France this is not yet possible until the
final verdict shall have been handed
down. When this will be no one knows
II can be prolonged by this commission
Of experts" indefinitely. In America the
case has been dragged along by delays
for several years.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-16
YOM KlPPUR CARDS.

A large basket of Yom Kippur greeting
cards. tied i'm bundles, stood on table.
All these postas were tinselled with
ground glass and dangerous chemical
substances. A mail carrier over i'm Jersey
City died not long ago as the result of
blood poisoning from a cut from a tin
selled card. They are not allowed through
the mails unless protected by an en-
yelope.
1t is perishable goods that cause most
trouble, especially the parcels OF food
stuffs sent to prisoners at Wards and
Blackwell's islands, for they are refused
by the Jail authorities and come back to
the Central Postoffice in a highly aromatic
condition. A man who labors in that
department made my blood run cold with
a grewsome description of mixture 'ot
putrefying picked herrings, pears and
Limburger cheese that had waited itself
In the previous day and had made the
best of the brief opportunity afforded 1t
for delivering its sad, sweet message.
Here's something smelly that has just
come in" said the assistant supernten-
dent of the missing letter department as
some one handed him a battered shoe box
around which clung an incandescert haze.
He glngerly pried it open and there lay
very dead kippered herring. At least
said 1t was a kippered herring. My eyes
and nose told me so. man near by
agreed. The A. s. NJ. L. D., however,
surmised that II was fiowers-had been
flowers, rather. He wouldn't libel any
special species of flower by being more
specific. We all shifted and prodded the
Shiny mass We argued high, we argued
low, we argued roundabout. The fish ar
gued too: 1t was the most eloquent of us
ALL And the kippered herring faction
were winning when the A. 5. NJ. L. DIS
sharp eye glimpsed an undeniabe scrap
Of withered stalk. Yes, it was flowers
had been flowers, | should say.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-16
BUSINESS IN LATIN-AMERICA

In a neighboring country an American
who was trying to establish n trade in
headgear used TO discourse earnestly on
the harmful influence on the character
OF the men of the mantillas which the
women wear. He was wont TO assert
that the use of the mantillas by the
women made the men lazy and took
away their ambition He would figure
that two mantillas lasted woman
lifetime whereas il she wore hats like
American and European women, her hus-
band or father or brother would have 20
work harder and add to his income in
order to pay for the hats. There would
be. of course. good business for the
United States and for France In supplying
the hats.
This reasoning is not likely to have
had anything TO do with the changing
custom, but the change is quite notice
able. Ten years ago it was extremely
rare to see Peruvian lady In any
headgear except the mantilla. While
at church only the mantilla is worn. and
while the majority of the women met
on the streets during an afternoon or
in the shops wear mantillas, there Is
also an abundance of hats. In pointing
out business opportunities and the de-
velopment of millinery in Lima, mans
regret over the possible ultimate dis
appearance of the mantilla should not
weigh against the business side of the
question. Fortunately for those who love
the picturesque. the 'mantilla is likely
TO remain for many years without inn
| pairing the business proposition. for 1
am told that most of the mantilla wear
ers now have Paris hats also, and that
the millinery industry. while 1t flourishes.
does not derive its prosperity from the
destruction Of the mantiila industry.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-16
Continued from third page.

In 1870 the cave jewellers Of this type num-
bered 1886. They were crowded together
in S.742 cellars. of which about one-half
consisted Of one room only.
The number of occupants averaged more
than five to a cave There were no sewer
connections for many OF the tenement
houses, some OF which were remodelled
stables Cesspools overlooked to the dis
comfort of the subterranean dweller9.
The profits to the owners ranged from 10
to 30 per cent, owing to the high rents
on one lot. only 5Ox60 feet, there were
twenty stables rented as dwellings for SD
each year The cost of the whole group
was only $500.
This ward (the Sth)" said the in
vestigator, lis by no means the poorest
in the city. yet 1t has spots of poverty
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-16

Hartley House Social Settlement, the open
ing of Seaside Hospital for children with
complimentary tuberculosis and Of Junior
Sea Breeze, the founding of Caroline
Rest for convalescent mothers at Harris
dale, n. Y, and the organization of the
New York Milk Committee. the milk
depots, the committee on safety from
fire and the ventilation commission.
In the course of it's history the associa-
ton has expended for the relief of dis
tress and the Improvement OF the condi-
ton of the poor of New York In round
figures the sum OF So. 10000. The total OF
dependent families aided is approximate
ly 10000. the number OF persons bene-
fitted being 100000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-16

and avenue is six. That gives you In
addition the symbols for o, A, ID, I, e,
V. n and L. Check up with the symbols
for Mr., Mrs or Miss. to confirm your
solution of the latter Then you have
about third Of the alphabet and Fan
readily deduce how the rest of the symbols
translate. Now and then people send let
tiers addressed merely New York. with
a photograph or a clipped newspaper por-
trait above That sort OF screed takes
an early train out of town to the national
dead letter office and the furnace.